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Battery-operated appliances

US7694419B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

14Claims

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Assignee

The Gillette Company LLC · US

Inventors

Martin Diehl · Bad Vilbel, DE
Ulrich Fandrey · Wetzlar, DE
Uwe Schaaf · Zwingenberg, DE
Florina Winter · Schmitten, DE
Fred Schnak · Kronberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2005
Grant date	Apr 13, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Battery operated appliances are provided. Some appliances include a housing defining a chamber having an interior wall, electronics within the chamber, a battery cover, and a closing system including (a) a first electrically conductive member secured to the battery cover, and (b) a second electrically conductive member secured to the interior wall of the housing and configured to engage the first electrically conductive member and thereby mechanically secure the battery cover to the housing while also establishing electrical contact between the first and second electrically conductive members.

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