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Lead/acid battery having horizontal plates

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6930010
Disclosed are maintenance-free cells and batteries of the lead/acid type which have improved deep cycle life. The plates are flat and are oriented horizontally as a stack in a cell which contains unabsorbed free electrolyte. The free electrolyte wets but does not cover the top surface of at least one negative plate. The vertical dimension of the plate stack must not exceed one-half its major horizontal dimension.
Assignee:
Eagle-Picher Ind., Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 4425412
OSTI ID:
6930010
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English