7 times the voltage of a single cell battery 10 also includes a bus plate 30 that is used to retain the cells within the desired arrangement and that enables the cells to be electrically interconnected bus plate 30 includes two columns of parallel slots 32 in each column the slots are arranged in pairs with a terminal form 34 located between the two slots within each pair in this embodiment the terminal forms are integrally formed parts of the bus plate when the bus plate is assembled onto the cells the terminal plates of the cells pass through the slots and extend beyond the top surface of bus plate 30 terminal forms 34 provide a raised area over which the battery terminal tabs are folded to make an electrical connection between neighboring cells the two terminal tabs extending through the slots on either side of the terminal form are folded one over the other onto the terminal form the terminal forms have rounded upper edges which enable the terminal plates to be folded over the form without requiring or causing any sharp bends that might damage the terminal tabs or the plating on the terminal tabs in this example each column of slots includes 14 one for each cell and those 14 slots are arranged into 7 pairs with a terminal form for each pair in the described embodiment bus plate 30 is made of garolite g10 u2122 which is a non conductive glass fiber resin that is used in pcb manufacturing one reason for using garolite is that it accepts press fit fasteners unlike many phenolics that could be used each terminal form 34 includes two.