US 12,332,691 B2
Battery pack retention systems for mobile computing devices
Zichun Song, Cedar Park, TX (US); David William Reber, Cedar Park, TX (US); Mark Thomas Fountain, Hitchin (GB); and Lawrence Allen Stone, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,255.
Prior Publication US 2024/0288900 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H05K 5/00 (2025.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 1/1635 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
a housing defining a battery chamber;
an electrical contact disposed on a wall of the battery chamber;
a latch extending into the battery chamber, the latch movable between (i) a first position to retain a battery pack within the battery chamber and engage the battery pack with the electrical contact, and (ii) a second position to permit removal of the battery pack from the chamber;
an auxiliary retainer in communication with the battery chamber, the auxiliary retainer configured to retain the battery pack within the battery chamber, independently of the latch, via engagement with a complementary retaining structure of the battery pack.