c is formed between the second insulation plate 313 c and the positive electrode tab 150 in addition the positive electrode tab 150 is connected to the second terminal plate 314 c and the protective device 330 c is connected to the cap plate 310 a by a fourth connection tab 319 formed at one side of the protective device 330 c further the second terminal plate 314 c is connected to a third connection tab 318 formed at an other side of the protective device 330 c thus a current flows from the positive electrode tab 150 to the cap plate 310 a through the protective device 330 c without flowing directly in addition in other embodiments the electrode terminal 320 of the cap plate 310 a may serve as a positive electrode terminal and the protective device 330 c may be provided between the negative electrode tab 140 and the cap plate 310 a a rechargeable battery according to still another embodiment of the present invention will now be described fig6 is a sectional view taken along the line x x u2032 of fig1 partially illustrating a bare cell 100 d of a rechargeable battery according to still another embodiment of the present invention the bare cell 100 d of fig6 corresponding to a portion of the bare cell 100 shown in fig3 the rechargeable battery shown in.