Patent ID: 8173295

Claim:
Apparatus, comprising: a plurality of batteries; a bottom clamshell, wherein said bottom clamshell includes a first plurality of battery mounting recesses, wherein each battery mounting recess of said first plurality of battery mounting recesses is adapted to receive a first end of a corresponding battery of said plurality of batteries; and a top clamshell, wherein said top clamshell includes a second plurality of battery mounting recesses, wherein each battery mounting recess of said second plurality of battery mounting recesses is adapted to receive a second end of said corresponding battery of said plurality of batteries, wherein said top clamshell further includes at least one adhesive fill port that includes a passage that extends completely through said top clamshell and to a void located between at least two of said plurality of batteries, and wherein said top clamshell further includes at least one protrusion corresponding to said at least one adhesive fill port, said protrusion occluding a direct path along a straight line through said fill port and through said passage to said void, wherein a portion of said protrusion abuts said at least two of said plurality of batteries, wherein said portion of said protrusion further defines and limits said void to an upper portion of said at least two of said plurality of batteries.