Electric battery

Claim 1

AN ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A PILE TYPE BATTERY ENCAPSULATED IN A RESIN POLYMERIZED IN SITU AROUND SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF BIPOLAR ELEMENTS EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS COMPRISING A POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND A NEGATIVE ELECTRODE EACH HOUSED IN A METALLIC CUP, SAID CUPS BEING JOINED IN A BACK TO BACK RELATIONSHIP, A PAIR OF END CELLS, ONE OF SAID END CELLS COMPRISING A POSITIVE ELECTRODE HOUSED IN A METALLIC CUP AND THE OTHER OF SAID END CELLS COMPRISING A NEGATIVE ELECTRODE HOUSED IN A METALLIC CUP AND SEPARATOR MEANS SATURATED WITH AN ELECTROLYTE INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF ADJACENT BIPOLAR ELEMENTS AND END CELLS WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF ELECTROLYTIC CELLS CONSISTING OF A POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF ONE BIPOLAR ELEMENT OR END CELL AND THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF THE NEXT SUCCEEDING BIPOLAR ELEMENT OR END CELL ARE PROVIDED, SAID METALLIC CUPS SURROUNDING THEIR RESPECTIVE ELECTRODES ON THREE SIDES, THE EDGES OF SAID CUPS AND THE EXPOSED FACE OF EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH ONE OF SAID SEPARATOR MEANS, AN ENCAPSULATING RESIN COMPLETELY SURROUNDING SAID ASSEMBLY, SAID SEPARATOR MEANS AND SAID CUPS IMMOBILIZING THE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF SAID ELECTRODES AND MAINTAINING SAID ELECTRODES OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID ENCAPSULATING RESIN.