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Sealed absorbed electrolyte battery with bulge compensating end cells

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5149455
A sealed absorbed electrolyte battery is described comprising, in combination: a sealed container divided into working cells by internal partition walls; each working cell containing an electrode stack comprising positive and negative plates and substantially porous separators intimately contacting and separating the positive and negative plates; an electrolyte substantially completely absorbed in the plates and separators; the working cells being dimensioned to hold the plates and separators within the working cell in contact with each other; and bulge compensating auxiliary cells for accommodating gas pressure changes within the battery without substantially deforming the working cells.
Assignee:
GNB Inc., Mendota Heights, MN
Patent Number(s):
US 4729933
OSTI ID:
5149455
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English