Patent ID: 8153294

Claim:
A multiple-cell battery, comprising: a battery case; a plurality of cells suitably housed in the battery case, each of the cells having a positive lead and a negative lead; and a plurality of electrically conductive elastic elements correspondingly situated between every two adjacent positive leads and/or negative leads, the elastic element each being formed with at least two contacting portions resiliently abutting against the two adjacent positive and/or negative leads, respectively, so as to connect the cells in series and/or in parallel; wherein each elastic element further includes a planar bottom section connected between the contacting portions and two curved sections extending outwardly and upwardly from two distal ends of the contacting portions, such that the elastic element has a substantially -shaped cross section formed of the planar bottom section, the contacting portions, and the curved sections; and wherein the two curved sections grip the two adjacent positive and/or negative leads such that the elastic elements are retained between the two adjacent positive and/or negative leads.