US 12,294,099 B2
Electronic device housing with integrated battery compartment
Sajjad Karimi, Mississauga (CA); Usman Younas, Georgetown (CA); Clinton Mackenzie, Thorold (CA); and Michael Pirruccio, Oakville (CA)
Assigned to Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed by Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/410,449.
Application 18/410,449 is a continuation of application No. 18/493,897, filed on Oct. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/451,945, filed on Mar. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0313319 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/247 (2021.01) [H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device housing, comprising:
a first housing portion; and
a second housing portion configured to be coupled with the first housing portion in a sealing connection therebetween for forming the electronic device housing;
the second housing portion including an integrated battery compartment, having at least two opposite battery contacts at opposite sides of the integrated battery compartment for providing electrical connection with a battery inserted in the integrated battery compartment, the at least two opposite battery contacts each including a battery-engaging portion flexibly biased against a battery terminal of the battery and angled and dimensioned for exerting an inward force axial to the battery and a downward force towards a bottom of the second housing portion;
wherein the at least two opposite battery contacts further include two respective power terminals each including a flexible portion, the power terminals configured to bend at the flexible portion when a printed circuit board is inserted into the electronic device housing such that the power terminals are flexibly biased against a power pad of the printed circuit board for providing power from the battery to the printed circuit board.