Patent ID: 8597814

Claim:
A secondary battery, comprising: a bare cell chargeable and dischargeable; a protection circuit board arranged to face a first side of the bare cell; a connection terminal, the connection terminal being installed between the first side of the bare cell and the protective circuit board, the connection terminal including a connection part which is electrically connected with one electric terminal of the protective circuit board and a support part which has a horizontal support part physically connected to the first side of the bare cell and a vertical support part physically connecting the horizontal support part to the connection part, and the connection part comprising a step positioned intermediate to the connection part and the horizontal support part of the support part and the step stepping down perpendicularly from the protective circuit board towards the bare cell and extends in a direction parallel to the connection part and the bare cell; a first lead tab connecting a first polarity of the bare cell to the connection terminal; and a second lead tab connecting a second polarity of the bare cell to the protective circuit board.