US 11,985,772 B2
Battery case and electronic price indicator including the same
Sang Baek Park, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SOLUM CO., LTD., (KR)
Filed by SOLUM CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,068.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0055954 (KR), filed on Apr. 29, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0030333 (KR), filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351646 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0086 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic price indicator comprising:
a housing;
a display arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the housing and configured to display visual information; and
a battery case arranged on at least one area of the housing and accommodating a battery for supplying power to the display,
wherein the battery case includes:
a first battery accommodating portion accommodating at least one first battery;
a second battery accommodating portion arranged apart from the first battery accommodating portion and accommodating at least one second battery serially connected with the at least one first battery;
a rail arranged to connect a point of the first battery accommodating portion with a point of the second battery accommodating portion; and
a structure configured to move along the rail between the first battery accommodating portion and the second battery accommodating portion and prevent contact between same terminals of the at least one first battery and the at least one second battery at a point at which the at least one first battery and the at least one second battery touch each other,
wherein the structure includes:
a first portion configured to slidingly move along the rail; and
a second portion protruding from an area of the first portion and configured to prevent contact between the same terminals of the at least one first battery and the at least one second battery,
wherein the second portion includes at least one curved area disposed at an area at which the at least one first battery and the at least one second battery touch each other, and
wherein a first terminal of the at least one first battery and a second terminal of the at least one second battery contact each other through the at least one curved area.