Sony Corporation

Masatsugu Shiota

Toru Ichikawa

Yoshiaki Wani

A battery package is disclosed which permits only required batteries of a plurality of accommodated batteries to be removed and which can be used as a container after the battery package has been opened. The battery package incorporates a cover having a plurality of battery accommodating portions which are opened in either principal plane of the cover, each of which accommodates each battery and which are integrally formed with the cover such that the battery accommodating portions project inwards; and a mount bonded to the principal plane of the cover to seal openings of the battery accommodating portions, wherein each battery accommodating portion has a battery holding portion formed at a position more adjacent to the opening as compared with the center of the accommodated battery and structured to reduce the inner diameter of the battery accommodating portion as compared with the outer diameter of the battery.

Battery package

An improved safety battery exhibiting excellent safety features and capable of preventing ejection and spraying of the contents thereof when the safety valve has been ruptured, and having a safety valve which cannot be pierced unintentionally or intentionally by a child or the like is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a cylindrical nonaqueous-electrolyte battery is provided including a safety valve and a battery cover arrangement defining first and second venting cavities which are disposed under cover, to reduce or eliminate direct spraying discharge of the battery contents and to prohibit outside access to venting openings.

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Fukushima, Japan

Masatsugu Shiota