Patent ID: 9331317
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A rechargeable battery having a height, a width, a length, top and bottom surfaces substantially perpendicular to the height direction, first and second side surfaces disposed between the top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear end surfaces disposed between the top and bottom surfaces and also disposed between the first and second side surfaces, the battery comprising: a plurality of electrical terminals provided in a plurality of first grooves arranged in the width direction, the plurality of first grooves opened toward the bottom surface and the front end surface, and closed toward said top surface, said rear end surface and said first and second side surfaces; two second grooves respectively provided at opposite ends of the first grooves in the width direction, the second grooves opened toward the bottom surface and the front end surface, and closed toward the top surface, the rear end surface and the first and second side surfaces, the second grooves each having a width in the width direction that is larger than a width of the first grooves in the width direction, a depth in the height direction, and a depth in the length direction that is larger than a depth of the first grooves in the length direction; a recess portion provided adjacent to one of the second grooves in the width direction, the recess portion opened toward the bottom surface and the front end surface, and closed toward the top surface, the rear end surface and the first and second side surfaces; a cut out portion provided at an end of the bottom surface such that the cut out portion and the first grooves are at opposing ends of the bottom surface in the length direction, the cut out portion opened toward the first and second side surfaces, the bottom surface and the rear end surface, and closed toward the front end surface and the top surface, wherein the first grooves, the second grooves and the recess portion are provided at a junction of the front end surface and the bottom surface, the cut out portion is provided at a junction of the rear end surface and the bottom surface, the width of the rechargeable battery is larger than the height of the rechargeable battery, and the length of the rechargeable battery is larger than the height and the width of the rechargeable battery.