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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Takayuki Hayashida, Asaka, JP;
Takayuki Hayashida, Asaka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To provide an apparatus equipped with a battery terminal which ensures sufficient discharge capacity with reduced variations in contact resistance between electrodes of the battery and electrode armatures of the apparatus. An apparatus which is supplied with electric power from a battery, including a battery terminal which comes into contact with an electrode of the battery contained in a battery compartment and draws electric power from the battery, wherein the battery terminal is made of a conductive and elastic plate member bent to make a circuit, with both its ends juxtaposed to each other, has contacts which come into contact at both the ends with the battery electrode, and has a pair of claws which are formed at positions closer to the center of the plate member than are both the ends to pinch the battery by deflection of the plate member.