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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Hans Deubler, Klagenfurt, AT;
Karl Hintermann, Klagenfurt, AT;
Walter Planegger, Launsdorf, AT;
Peter Schaller, St. Veit, AT;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In a product including a printed circuit board which comprises a printed-circuit part and a terminal part and including a rechargeable battery having two terminals, and including retaining device for mechanically retaining the battery, the retaining device and the printed circuit board are arranged and constructed so as to be mechanically separate from one another, in such a manner that the printed circuit board does not form part of the retaining device, and each of the two terminals of the battery is connected to a terminal zone on the terminal part of the printed circuit board in an electrically conductive manner via a mechanically flexible and electrically conductive connecting device.