Electrolyte battery anti-splash system

Patent · Tue Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5046553

Manthis, D O

This patent describes a method of providing a battery having a casing including a cell chamber for receiving electrolyte battery elements including positive and negative battery plates disposed for immersion in the electrolyte in the cell chamber, a cover for the casing spaced from the battery elements in the cell chamber, and a gas venting device for that cell chamber extending through the cover. The improvement described here is to prevent electrolyte from splashing through the gas venting device during vibration of the battery, comprising in combination the steps of: providing separately from the gas venting device a baffle plate capable of floating on the electrolyte in the cell chamber; disposing the baffle plate between the battery plates and the gas venting device for flotation on the electrolyte below the gas venting device, and diverting with the floating baffle plate any splashing electrolyte away from the gas venting device.

• Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
• Patent Number(s): US 4614694
• OSTI ID: 5046553
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
250903* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Materials
Components
& Auxiliaries
BAFFLES
BATTERY SEPARATORS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
COVERINGS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTROLYTES
EQUIPMENT
FLOTATION
FLOW REGULATORS
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPACE DEPENDENCE
VENTS