Patent ID: 8568918

Claim:
A battery, comprising: a plurality of individual cells connected in series or in parallel to one another, each of the individual cells having a cell housing and a current drain tab having a first portion that extends into the cell housing and a second portion that extends out of the cell housing, wherein the second portions of the current drain tabs of an individual cell are angled by 90 degrees in an opposite direction such that current drain tabs of adjacent individual cells overlap and are electrically connected with each other; at least one cooling plate arranged on a pole side on the plurality of individual cells, with the current drain tabs of electric poles of the plurality of individual cells being thermally coupled with the cooling plate and being angled such that they extend parallel to the cooling plate; and clamping elements arranged to electrically interconnect the current drain tabs of adjacent individual cells in non-positive or positive manner and to press the current drain tabs of adjacent individual cells with the cooling plate in non-positive or positive manner.