Battery housing

A battery comprising:

• a housing having a base, two side walls, and two end walls;
• a cell wall spanning between the first and second side walls defining two cells;
• a battery element provided within a cell, the battery element having a side and a bottom;
• an element side gap, the element side gap being defined by a battery element side edge and an internal surface of the housing.

A battery comprising:

• a housing having a base, two side walls, and two end walls;
• a cell wall spanning between the first and second side walls defining two cells;
• a battery element provided within a cell, the battery element having a bottom and side edge;
• an element bottom gap, the element bottom gap defined in a first and second dimension by the cell width and length, and a third dimension by the distance between the base and bottom of the battery element;
• and
• an element side gap, the element side gap being defined by the battery element side edge and an internal surface of the housing.