Patent ID: 8277246

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a battery comprising a first battery terminal and a second battery terminal located only at a first side of the battery; and an electrical connector adapter connected to the battery, the electrical connector adapter comprising a first adapter terminal and a second adapter terminal, the first adapter terminal having a first contact area on an exterior side of the first battery terminal at the first side of the battery and a second contact area on an exterior side of a second side of the battery, the second adapter terminal having a first contact area on an exterior side of the second battery terminal at the first side of the battery and a second contact area on the exterior side of the second side of the battery, the electrical connector adapter being configured to electrically connect first contacts positioned against the first contact areas at the first side of the battery to the first and second battery terminals through the first contact areas, the electrical connector adapter being configured to electrically connect second contacts positioned against the second contact areas at the second side of the battery to the first and second battery terminals at the first side.