BATTERY CONNECTOR

A connector 60 for disk-shaped batteries 40 including a housing 62 with a battery receiving cavity 74, opposed endwalls 66 having spring arms 68 that extend outwardly from the cavity 74 for retaining the battery 40 in the housing 62, a surface mountable positive terminal 77, and a surface mountable negative terminal 79. The positive and negative terminals 77,79, are disposed in respective terminal receiving passageways 72 of the housing with spring arm contact sections 80 opposing each other along the housing sidewalls and with surface mountable connecting sections 84 of both the terminals 77,79, extending outwardly from respective the housing sidewalls 64 at the bottoms thereof. The terminals are electrically engageable with battery electrodes on opposed surfaces of the battery, and the surface mountable connecting sections thereof are spaced apart at least the thickness of a the battery, being a sufficient distance from each other to prevent bridging therebetween when the connecting sections are soldered to respective circuit pads on a circuit board.