Patent attributes
Disclosed is an electronic instrument having a housing, a battery accommodating section provided in the housing, and a spring for battery ejection which is pressed by a battery inserted into the battery accommodating section and thus stored in power. In the instrument, the spring for battery ejection includes a spring force generation portion, a first arm portion provided at one end of the spring force generation portion, a second arm portion that is provided at the other end of the spring force generation portion and extends with a certain opening angle with respect to the first arm portion, a first shaft portion provided at an end of the first arm portion, and a second shaft portion provided at an end of the second arm portion. The first shaft portion is mounted in a first bearing portion provided in the housing, and the second shaft portion is slidably mounted in a second bearing portion provided in the housing.