Battery Holder Specifications and Standards

The battery holder world is very small with few suppliers and standards.

Memory Protection Devices (MPD) has created many of our industries standards.

MPD has the largest battery holder patent portfolio in the US and many years of experience manufacturing for fortune 500 companies.

Combining specifications common in the connector industry with international safety requirements our products have admirable design advantages. MPD’s products are designed with higher quality in mind and not as an afterthought.

Electronic Industries Alliance	Desc	Contact
ANSI/EIA-540J0000	Generic spec of battery sockets.	www.eia.org
ANSI/EIA-540J0AA	1/2A, 2/3A, A, AA battery holders	www.eia.org
ANSI/EIA-540J0AB	Coin cell battery holders	www.eia.org
ASTM International
ASTM F963	Toy safety standard	www.astm.org
BatteryHolders.org
Battery Holders	Battery and holder standards, newsgroups	BatteryHolders.org
Memory Protection Devices
Technical Area	Designs and application tips	Application notes
Index	Contact, cross reference, FAQ, forms	FAQ & Index
Underwriters laboratories, Inc.
UL2069	Coin, AAA to D cell battery holders	www.ul.com
UL913 (CSA157)	Intrinsically safe apparatus, ANSI/UL	www.ul.com
United States Patent Office
USPTO	Hundreds of US patents	www.uspto.gov