Patent ID: 8632912

Claim:
A battery, comprising: a battery container containing a power generating element; a lid plate covering a top opening of the battery container; an auxiliary terminal comprising a lower portion thereof connected to an electrode of the power generating element by being fitted into the battery container through a through hole of the lid plate, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate through a sealing material; a connecting conductor comprising a first portion thereof connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal, and comprising a terminal connecting portion at a second portion; an external terminal comprising a base portion and a projecting portion that projects upward from the base portion, the projecting portion being connected to the terminal connecting portion of the connecting conductor; and a baffling member engaged with the base portion of the external terminal and fixed on the lid plate, wherein the baffling member is separated from the sealing material such that a gap exists between the baffling member and the sealing material such that the baffling member is not in direct contact with the sealing material, and wherein both of the baffling member and the sealing material are located on opposing ends of the lid plate.