Patent ID: 6207317
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: H01M,Y10T

Abstract:
A button-type battery construction having at least two button-type batteries connected in series comprising:a first button-type battery comprising can and lid terminal housing members, the first battery can comprising an external periphery of the first button-type battery;a second button-type battery comprising can and lid terminal housing members, the second battery can comprising an external periphery of the second button-type battery;a first electrical connection between the lid of one of the first and second button-type batteries and the can of the other of the first and second button-type batteries;a second electrical connection between the can of the one of the first and second button-type batteries and the lid of the other of the first and second button-type batteries;at least one of the first and second electrical connections orienting the first and second button-type batteries in a stack of said button-type batteries; andno portion of either of the first and second external button type battery peripheries being electrically insulated.