Patent ID: 8859135

Claim:
A battery having at least one battery cell connecting element ( 20 ) comprising: (a) an essentially prismatic base body ( 22 ), which extends along a longitudinal axis (L), for connection to a plurality of pole plates ( 14 , 16 ) on a lower face ( 26 ) of the base body ( 22 ), and (b) a contact lug ( 24 ), which is arranged adjacent to a contact-lug-side end face ( 30 ) of the base body ( 22 ) and is integrally connected to the contact-lug-side end face ( 30 ) of the base body ( 22 ), (c) a groove ( 46 ) which is formed in the contact-lug-side end face ( 30 ) of the base body ( 22 ) and runs into the lower face ( 26 ), (d) wherein the groove ( 46 ) is arranged as a preventing element which prevents pole plates from the plurality of pole plates that are arranged adjacent to the contact lug ( 24 ) from being knocked out.