Multiple cell galvanic battery

Claim 1

A battery comprising, in combination: a. an electrically nonconductive container having a base, side walls, and an open end; b. partition members disposed inside said container, said partition members being substantially parallel to said side walls extending beyond the edge of said side walls at the open end of said container so as to form open-ended compartments; c. a multiplicity of galvanic cells, having electrodes of opposite polarity, individually disposed in said compartments; d. an electrically nonconductive cover having side walls and webs within and substantially parallel to said cover side walls, said cover being bonded to said container along the periphery of the side walls and the mating edges of the cover webs and the container partition members, coacting to close said compartments about each individual cell, and wherein alignment means secured to the inside of said cover align said cover webs with said partition members; e. at least one intercell connector, secured to said cover, on the inner surface, electrically connecting said cells; f. battery terminals secured to and passing through said cover arranged so as to make external electrical contact with an electrode of one cell and the electrode of opposite polarity of another cell; g. the bond formed between said cover and said container maintaining contact pressure between the cells, intercell connectors, and battery terminals.