Jose O Villanueva

US Patent:

51584689, Oct 27, 1992

Filed:

Dec 6, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/802974

Inventors:

James H. Curtis - Coral Springs FL
Jose Villanueva - Delray Beach FL
William R. Williams - North Lauderdale FL
James T. Davis - Sunrise FL
John M. Miller - Plantation FL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H01R 909

US Classification:

439 76

Abstract:

An electrical contact assembly (10) comprises a housing having a bottom portion (26) and a top portion (24), the top portion having a first inverted wall section (29) and a second inverted wall section (28), the housing having at least one aperture (31 and 32), the aperture extending from the bottom of the first inverted wall section to the bottom of the second inverted wall section. The assembly further comprises a substrate (20) within the housing having at least one contact area (22), and a contact finger (11) for placement in the housing aperture, the contact finger having at least a first portion (12), a second portion (14) and a third portion (16). The first portion protrudes below the aperture and contacts the contact area (22) on the substrate. The second portion (14) clips on to opposing walls of the second inverted wall (28) and the third portion (16) protrudes from the aperture (31) forming an external contact area.

US Patent:

52292207, Jul 20, 1993

Filed:

Dec 12, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/863557

Inventors:

Stephen M. Stanton - Lauderhill FL
Rudy Yorio - Boca Raton FL
Jose Villanueva - Delray Beach FL
Jill C. Olkoski - Ft. Lauderdale FL
Danielle P. Dzung - Plantation FL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H01M 210

US Classification:

429 1

Abstract:

A reverse polarity protection assembly (40) comprises an electronic product housing (102) having a battery compartment (90) having a recessed positive contact (70) and recessed negative contact (80). The assembly further comprises a battery holder (44) carried within the battery compartment (90). The battery holder has a plurality of leaf spring contacts (54) biased towards each other at opposing ends of the battery holder, the battery holder having external battery contacts (56 and 58) to contact the recessed positive and negative contacts. The assembly finally comprises a plurality of non-conductive spacers (10) carried by at least some of the leaf spring contacts, each of the spacers have an aperture (7) allowing a protruding terminal (43) of a battery (42) to contact the leaf spring contact and preventing a flat terminal (45) of a battery from contacting the leaf spring contact.