A thin battery is configured with improved durability of foil-like
electrode terminals. The thin battery has an electricity-generating
element housed inside a battery outer casing with a pair of electrodes of
the electricity-generating element being connected to electrode terminals
that extend out from the outer edges of the battery outer casing. The
electrode terminals have a base portion located partially with the
battery outer casing and a tip portion spaced from the battery outer
casing with strength transition point being formed between the base
portions and the tip portions. The strength transition points of the
electrode terminals are positioned to the outside at some distance away
from the outer edge of the battery outer casing.