Patent ID: 8703325

Claim:
A battery apparatus comprising: a separating and positioning casing having a plurality of through-holes formed therein; a plurality of cells seating respectively in said plurality of through-holes of said separating and positioning casing; a first contact and holding panel having an interior face; a second contact and holding panel having an interior face, said separating and positioning casing sandwiched between said first and second contact and holding panels; and a plurality of contact strips fastened without welding against said interior faces of said first and second contact and holding panels, said plurality of contact strips electrically interconnecting said plurality of cells, each of said plurality of contact strips being formed of a flexible conductive material, each of plurality of contact strips having a plurality of flexible contact tabs cut out in the contact strip, said plurality of flexible contact tabs pressing respectively against a terminal of said plurality of cells by action of resilient members distributed over the interior face of the contact and holding panel, said resilient members fastened by screws onto said separating and positioning casing, said plurality of cells comprising a first line of cells spaced by a distance from a second line of cells, the contact strips of one of said first and second contact and holding panels offset by said distance from the respective contact strips of the other of said first and second contact and holding panel; said plurality of cells comprising a first line of cells spaced by a distance from a second line of cells, the contact strips of one of said first and second contact and holding panels offset by said distance from the respective contact strips of the other of said first and second contact and holding panel.