Patent ID: 8993149
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A battery housing comprising: a unitary, seamless base member having a generally planar, quadrilateral, bottom face with a side wall extending therefrom, wherein the length dimension of said bottom face is at least twice the height of the side wall, said base member having an open top face and wherein said side wall includes a recessed step portion at its junction with the bottom face of the base; a cover member configured to be disposed in the open top face of said base member and to be engageable with the side wall of said base wherein said cover member includes a recessed perimeter portion which defines a central recess which corresponds to said step portion; and an electrically resistive sealing gasket configured to be interposed between and to contact said cover member and said side wall of said base member when said cover member is engaged with said side wall of said base member.