Hermetically sealed rectangular battery

摘要

An object of the invention is to provide a hermetically sealed rectangular battery which is not liable to melting of gasket during laser welding causing the deterioration of the battery airtightness as well as to occurrence of electrolyte leakage and accomplish further reduction of the thickness of the hermetically sealed rectangular battery. A hermetically sealed rectangular battery comprising a group of electrode plates received in a metallic can having a pair of opposing wide sides and a pair of opposing narrow sides, the group of electrode plates having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate laminated on each other with a separator provided interposed therebetween, characterized in that the metallic can is provided with a terminal which also acts as an electrode of one of the two polarities on the wide side thereof.