Multicell recombinant lead-acid battery with vibration resistant intercell connector
This patent describes a vibration-resistant multicell sealed lead-acid battery of the recombinant type having a monobloc jar container with cell compartments and a lid, porous positive and negative plates with protruding tabs positioned in the cell compartments, porous separator material interleaved between the opposite polarity plates, electrolyte absorbed in the plates and separators and present in a starved amount, the cell compartments being separated by intercell partitions having notches at their upper end, the plate tabs of one polarity of a cell being joined to plate tabs of the other polarity of an adjoining cell by a combination strap and intercell connector whose upper surface is positioned closely adjacent to at least a portion of the underside of the battery lid, and whose lower surface substantially rests on the notch of the intercell partition and yet is spaced substantially from the plates and separators to inhibit the formation of intercell electrolyte bridging paths and short circuits.
- Assignee:
- Gates Energy Products, Inc., Gainesville, FL
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4780379
- OSTI ID:
- 6765671
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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