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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
May. 13, 1998
Yuichiro Suganuma, Yokosuka, JP;
Haruo Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A battery storage apparatus for a portable electronic device is provided which includes a battery storage chamber formed in a casing of the portable electronic device and a storage chamber cover. A guide rail is formed on the casing. A guide groove is formed in the storage chamber cover and engages the guide rail to allow the storage chamber cover to slide on the guide rail when the storage chamber cover is installed on or removed from the casing. A recess is formed in the guide groove. A protrusion is formed on the guide rail and fitted into the recess to hold the storage chamber cover from moving along the guide rail when the storage chamber cover is installed on the casing completely, thereby avoiding dislodgment of the storage chamber cover from the casing even if the portable electronic device undergoes undesirable physical impact.