Patent ID: 8323835

Claim:
A battery comprising: a housing having a longitudinal axis and having an end including a negative end cap; an anode and a cathode within the housing, the anode having a first portion and a second portion adjacent to each other, wherein the first portion of the anode and the second portion of the anode extend along the longitudinal axis of the housing to near the negative end cap; a current collector extending from the negative end cap along the longitudinal axis of the housing at least partially disposed in the first portion of the anode, the current collector not being disposed in the second potion of the anode; a separator between the anode and the cathode; and an anode portion separator at least partially disposed in the anode between the first portion of the anode and second portion of the anode, the current collector thus being in complete electrical communication with the first portion of the anode but not the second portion of the anode.