Patent ID: 7056618
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: H01M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cell connecting structure for bonding adjacent ones of a plurality of cells arranged in series by the use of a connector in order to establish electric connection thereof, each of said cells having a bottomed cylindrical cell case operating as an electrode and a sealing member for closing an opening of the cell case, said sealing member operating as an opposite electrode, wherein said connector has a plurality of projections for projection welding formed on each of the opposite sides thereof, an electrode plate of said sealing member of one of the two adjacent cells to be connected is bonded to a side of said connector by projection welding by way of the projections on said side so that said one cell is welded at an end only thereof to said connector, and the cell case of the other cell is bonded to the other side of said connector by projection welding by way of the projections on said other side so that said other cell is welded at an end only thereof to said connector.