Patent ID: 7855012

Claim:
A secondary battery to be installed in an electronic appliance, to feed electric power to the electronic appliance, comprising: a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte are accommodated in a package, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal from the positive electrode and the negative electrode, respectively, being led out from a same side face of the package; a metallic battery can to accommodate the battery cell, the metallic battery can including one opening in which the battery cell is inserted such that the side face of the battery cell on which the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are led out is positioned at the opening of the metallic battery can; a lid made of a synthetic resin to plug the opening of the metallic battery can, the lid including an outward-facing positive lid electrode terminal coupled to a positive electrode tab and an outward-facing negative lid electrode terminal coupled to a negative electrode tab, the positive and negative electrode tabs to be connected, respectively, to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of the battery cell, and a reinforcing member to stick to and cover a connection between the positive electrode terminal and the positive electrode tab and a connection between the negative electrode terminal and the negative electrode tab.