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A battery pack for batteries of the type having male and female snap connectors mounted at the opposite ends thereof includes at least two printed circuit boards having male and female snap connectors mounted thereon to receive the snap connectors of the batteries. The snap connectors mounted on the

A battery pack for batteries of the type having male and female snap connectors mounted at the opposite ends thereof includes at least two printed circuit boards having male and female snap connectors mounted thereon to receive the snap connectors of the batteries. The snap connectors mounted on the circuit boards are positioned to mechanically engage and electrically contact the snap connectors on the batteries while accommodating limited relative movement of the batteries with respect to the circuit boards, whereby the batteries are floatingly supported. The snap connectors on the circuit boards are electrically interconnected and are electrically connected to terminals for the battery pack by printed circuit layers formed on the circuit boards. The printed circuit layers are formed on the opposite sides of the circuit boards from the positioning of the snap connectors, and electrical connections are formed through the circuit boards between the printed circuit layers and the snap connectors by means of fasteners which retain the snap connectors on the circuit boards. Layers of electrically insulative material are formed on the sides of the circuit boards opposite the positioning of the snap connectors thereon and extend over the printed circuit layers.

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In combination with a plurality of batteries of the type having male and female snap connectors mounted at their opposite ends, the improvement comprising: first circuit board means comprising a substantially flat, planar member formed from a dimensionally stable, electrically insulative material; a

In combination with a plurality of batteries of the type having male and female snap connectors mounted at their opposite ends, the improvement comprising: first circuit board means comprising a substantially flat, planar member formed from a dimensionally stable, electrically insulative material; at least one male snap connector mounted on one side of the first circuit board means for engagement with a female snap connector of one of the batteries to form an electrical connection therewith; at least one female snap connector mounted on the same side of the first circuit board means for engagement with a male snap connector of one of the batteries to form an electrical connection therewith; printed circuit means formed on the first circuit board means and electrically interconnecting the male and female snap connectors mounted thereon; a layer of electrically insulative material formed on the side of the first circuit board means having the printed circuit means thereon and extending over the printed circuit means; second circuit board means comprising a substantially flat, planar member formed from a dimensionally stable, electrically insulative material; at least one male snap connector mounted at one side of the second circuit board means for engagement with a female snap connector of one of the batteries to form an electrical connection therewith; at least one female snap connector mounted on the same side of the first circuit board means for engagement with a male snap connector of one of the batteries to form an electrical connection therewith; printed circuit means formed on the second circuit board means and forming electrical terminals extending to the male and female snap connectors mounted thereon; a layer of electrically insulative material formed on the side of the second circuit board means having the printed circuit means thereon and extending over the printed circuit means; and means positioning the first and second circuit board means in a spaced apart relationship to receive the batteries therebetween with the male snap connector of the first circuit board means facing anD aligned with the female snap connector of the second circuit board means and with the female snap connector of the first circuit board means facing and aligned with the male snap connector of the second circuit board means.