Patent ID: 7429432
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A battery pack comprising: a rechargeable battery; a substrate having first and second substrate side surfaces which are on opposite sides of said substrate, said substrate at least having terminal contacts electrically connected to said rechargeable battery, and said terminal contacts including positive and negative terminals arranged on said first substrate side surface, said positive and negative terminals respectively having positive and negative terminal contact surfaces facing outward from said first substrate side surface; said substrate being united to said rechargeable battery by solidified molded resin molded between at least said second substrate side surface and said rechargeable battery to adhere said substrate to said rechargeable battery; and a molded resin member covering at least a portion of said first substrate side surface and having a molded resin member outer surface opposite to a surface of said molded resin member covering and facing said first substrate side surface; said molded resin member at least having openings at said positive and negative terminal contact surfaces, said openings and said positive and negative terminal contact surfaces being configured such that said positive and negative terminal contact surfaces are sunken relative to said molded resin member outer surface so as to expose said positive and negative terminal contact surfaces to outside said battery through voids defined by said openings.