Battery Pack for an Electric Tool

A battery pack for an electric power tool that comprises a tool housing with an electric motor arranged therein and a handle connected to the tool housing;

• the battery pack comprising:
• a protective housing;
• individual battery cells received in the protective housing;
• wherein the protective housing has a first housing side provided with a receiving shoe, wherein the receiving shoe is configured for mechanical attachment to a free end of the handle of the power tool;
• wherein the receiving shoe has electrical contacts configured to connect to electrical lines connected to the drive motor of the power tool;
• wherein the protective housing has a second housing side providing a support surface extending substantially in a direction of a longitudinal center axis of the tool housing when the battery pack is mounted on the handle;
• wherein the individual battery cells in the protective housing are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the tool housing sequentially behind one another in at least one row;
• wherein at least one of the individual battery cells arranged in the at least one row is displaced laterally relative to the longitudinal direction such that a displaced row portion is formed and the support surface over a portion of the protective housing has a widened support surface portion in a direction transversely to the longitudinal center axis of the tool housing.