Device for securing a cell battery with improved contact

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9209535-B2
Application number	US-201314073100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2013
Priority date	Nov 8, 2012
Publication date	Dec 8, 2015
Grant date	Dec 8, 2015

Abstract

The present invent concerns a portable object comprising at least a middle part and a back cover for confining an electronic module, said electronic module including a plate provided with a housing arranged for receiving an electrical energy accumulator, said electronic module including at least one circuit with at least one electrical contact area, and a connecting contact member for providing an electrical connection between said accumulator and said at least one contact area, said contact member being elastically deformable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable object comprising at least a middle part and a back cover for confining an electronic module, said electronic module including a plate provided with a housing arranged for receiving an electrical energy accumulator, said electronic module including at least one circuit with at least one electrical contact area, and a connecting contact member for providing an electrical connection between said accumulator and said at least one contact area, said contact member being elastically deformable,
wherein said connecting contact member is formed of a shaped strip including a central portion at the ends of which there extend at least one first and one second converging arms arranged to clamp said electronic module and thereby hold said electrical energy accumulator in the housing thereof.

2. The portable object according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one first arm and one second arm converge in the same plane.

3. The portable object according to claim 1 , wherein the central portion is flat, said flat portion being in contact with said electrical energy accumulator when the back cover is secured to the middle part of the object.

4. The portable object according to claim 2 , wherein the central portion is flat, said flat portion being in contact with said electrical energy accumulator when the back cover is secured to the middle part of the object.

5. The portable object according to claim 1 , wherein the central portion includes at least one tip arranged to be in contact with said electrical energy accumulator, the back cover secured to the middle part of the object exerting a force on said electronic module via at least one tip of said connecting contact member.

6. The portable object according to claim 2 , wherein the central portion includes at least one tip arranged to be in contact with said electrical energy accumulator, the back cover secured to the middle part of the object exerting a force on said electronic module via at least one tip of said connecting contact member.

7. The portable object according to claim 5 , wherein the central portion is deformed so as to include at least one projecting portion forming said at least one tip.

8. The portable object according to claim 6 , wherein the central portion is deformed so as to include at least one projecting portion forming said at least one tip.

9. The portable object according to claim 5 , wherein the central portion includes at least one protuberance extending from said central portion and forming said at least one tip.

10. The portable object according to claim 6 , wherein the central portion includes at least one protuberance extending from said central portion and forming said at least one tip.

11. The portable object according to claim 5 , wherein the central portion includes two tips.

12. The portable object according to claim 6 , wherein the central portion includes two tips.

13. The portable object according to claim 7 , wherein the central portion includes two tips.

14. The portable object according to claim 8 , wherein the central portion includes two tips.

15. The portable object according to claim 9 , wherein the central portion includes two tips.

16. The portable object according to claim 10 , wherein the central portion includes two tips.

17. The portable object according to claim 1 , wherein each arm has a loose end curved so as to diverge.

Assignees

• Eta Sa Mft Horlogere Suisse

Inventors

• Correa David
• Rychen Stephane
• Willemin Roger
• Collaud Jonathan

Classifications

• G04C3/008

  Mounting, assembling of components · CPC title

• H01R11/22 Primary

  End pieces terminating in a spring clip · CPC title

• G04G17/06

  Electric connectors, e.g. conductive elastomers · CPC title

• G04G17/04 Primary

  Mounting of electronic components · CPC title