Patent ID: 7466103
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module including one or more batteries and a case housing the battery or the batteries and having output terminals mounted on the case, each output terminal being connected to a positive or negative electrode of the battery or one of the batteries, the battery module further including a movable contact within the case for making and breaking the connection between one of the output terminals and the positive or negative electrode of the battery or one of the batteries to which the movable contact is connected, and a manually operable operating element for moving the movable contact to make and break the connection, the manually operable operating element being mounted on the case and at least partially extending outside of the case so as to be accessible for manual operation by a user, wherein the operating element is a screw for making and breaking the connection by movement with respect to the contact, the screw having an insulator at an interface with the contact.