Battery pack with electronic monitoring device integrated in the housing cover

A battery pack for an electric power tool has a housing and a housing cover that closes off the housing. Battery cells are arranged in the housing and electrically conductingly connected to one another. An electronic circuit for monitoring operating parameters of the battery cells is provided wherein the electronic circuit is mounted on a circuit board and is arranged in the housing. The housing cover has an inner side facing the battery cells. The inner side has a receptacle that is delimited by an outer receptacle rim. The circuit board is received in the receptacle and is spaced from a bottom of the receptacle so that a filling space is provided between circuit board, bottom of the receptacle, and the receptacle rim. A cured potting compound fills out the filling space.