Method and apparatus for making recombinant storage batteries having coated intercell connectors

Patent · Tue Aug 23 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5516961

May, G J

A method of manufacturing a recombinant lead acid battery includes placing two or more cell packs in a battery container and then loading the container into a frame mounted on a rotary capstan. The container is transferred to a moulding station and the plate straps and intercell connectors are moulded around the plate lugs. The container is then transferred to a coating station and the intercell connectors are dipped while still hot into a fluidized bed of epoxy resin particles. The particles adhere to the intercell connectors and are cured by their heat thereby forming an impervious layer around them. This layer acts as an electrolyte creepage barrier and prevents the surface of intercell connectors acting as an electrolyte path for intercell ionic leakage.

• Assignee: Chloride Group Ltd. (United Kingdom)
• Patent Number(s): US 4399607
• OSTI ID: 5516961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
250901* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Design & Development
250903 -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Materials
Components
& Auxiliaries
COATINGS
CONDUCTOR DEVICES
CONNECTORS
CURING
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
EPOXIDES
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RECOMBINATION