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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2004
Michael Axelrod, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael Axelrod, Roswell, GA (US);
Arris International, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A flexible tongue having guide tabs is used in a battery capturing mechanism to engage alignment grooves formed in a battery cartridge. The guide tabs form hooks so that when the battery has been inserted, thereby causing the tongues to deflect at a flexible hinge as the battery slides into the capturing mechanism, the hooks retain the battery. Preferably tapered guide rails are aligned with the tabs and are formed on a rigid floor to which the tongue's flexible hinge attaches, thereby guiding a connector of the battery into electrical engagement with a corresponding connector that is part of the device into which the battery capturing mechanism is used. To remove the battery, the tongue may be depressed and battery grips grasped to retrieve the battery from the mechanism.