Pressure contact tab/cover construction for electrochemical cells

Claim 1

A compression sealed galvanic cell including a container having a base, a sidewall and an open end, and housing a first electrode in electrical contact with said container, a second electrode, a separator between the electrodes and electrolyte therein in ionic contact with said first electrode and said second electrode; an electrically conductive tab having a first end and a second end, said second end extending to and being in electrical contact with said second electrode; and a top cover assembly comprising an inner cover having at least one aperture therein through which electrolyte can be dispensed into said container and an outer electrically conductive cover positioned over said inner cover, at least a portion of the inner surface of the outer cover being contiguously associated with the corresponding outer surface of the inner cover; characterized in that said first end of the electrically conductive tab is positioned through an aperture in the inner cover and inserted between the contiguously associated portions of said inner cover and outer cover such that said first end of the conductive tab is held in electrical contact with the outer cover by the clamping coaction of the inner cover and the outer cover.