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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2006
Yuichi Kurosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Kurosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery case includes a box portion forming a battery chamber in which at least one short-length battery and at least one long-length battery can be selectively accommodated along a lengthwise direction of the box portion through an insertion opening thereof; a battery chamber lid for closing the insertion opening; at least one battery locking lug which is engaged with the long-length battery to lock the long-length battery in the box portion upon the long-length battery being inserted into the box portion; and at least one lock releasing piece which disengages the battery locking lug from the long-length battery when the battery chamber lid is opened from a closed state thereof.