US 12,257,524 B2
Toy figurine with a battery compartment
Henning Kirk, Billund (DK)
Assigned to LEGO A/S, Billund (DK)
Appl. No. 17/798,503
Filed by LEGO A/S, Billund (DK)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/056090
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/180810, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020 70160 (DK), filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088274 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A63H 3/36 (2006.01); A63H 3/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/514 (2021.01); A63H 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 3/36 (2013.01) [H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/514 (2021.01); A63H 3/006 (2013.01); A63H 3/28 (2013.01); A63H 2200/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toy figurine comprising:
one or more electronic components; and
a battery compartment for receiving a battery for powering the one or more electronic components, the battery compartment comprising:
an inner battery receiving space configured for receiving a battery;
a first spring connector in the form of a leaf spring comprising a flat body, the first spring connector being provided at a first end of the battery compartment, and having a first electric contact surface configured for contacting a positive terminal of the battery and one end fixedly connected to a wall of the battery compartment;
a second spring connector provided at a second end of the battery compartment, and having a second electric contact surface configured for contacting a negative terminal of the battery and one end fixedly connected to a wall of the battery compartment; and
a battery-shoulder receiving part movably arranged in the battery compartment,
wherein the battery-shoulder receiving part is attached to a portion of the first spring connector;
wherein the battery-shoulder receiving part comprises an opening configured for receiving a knob protruding from a first end surface of said battery, the opening being formed in and through a first surface configured for abutting on the first end surface of the battery,
wherein the first contact surface is recessed relative to a rim between said opening and said first surface of the battery-shoulder receiving part, and
wherein cooperating guide elements are formed between a wall of the battery compartment and the battery-shoulder receiving part, and configured to allow only linear translational movement of the battery-shoulder receiving part relative to the wall in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the battery compartment.