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Multicell electric storage batteries
Assignee: Chloride Group Ltd
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Filing: 1983-10-31
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Granted: 1985-03-12
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Expires: 2003-10-31
Abstract
Abstract A lead acid battery comprises two spaced parallel rows of cells connected in parallel, one plate in each cell lying in the same plane as one plate in every other cell. Every alternate plate in the two electrical end cells is a unipolar plate connected to a terminal pillar while every remaining plate is one half of a bipolar pair of plates connected to its other half in an adjacent cell, preferably in the other line of cells, by an integral bridge piece.
Inventors
- 👤 Ernest J. Pearson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 01:13
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/04; H01M10/0463; H01M10/0413; H01M10/0468; H01M10/34; H01M10/342; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/64; H01M4/70; H01M4/72; H01M6/00; H01M6/04; H01M6/06; H01M6/10; H01M6/42; H01M6/46; H01M6/48; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 52
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative battery plates interleaved with separator material, each plate in each cell being substantially in a common plane with a plate in every other cell and each plate being disposed adjacent a hypothetical median line in the respective common plane with some plates on one side and some on the other side of the median line.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative battery plates interleaved with separator material, each plate in each cell being substantially in a common plane with a plate in every other cell and each plate being disposed adjacent a hypothetical median line in the respective common plane with some plates on one side and some on the other side of the median line.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The battery of claim 1 in which the plates in each common plane are in two lines, one line on each side of the median line.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The battery of claim 1 including bridge pieces interconnecting pairs of positive and negative plates, each pair of such connected plates and the associated bridge piece constituting a bipolar pair of plates.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The battery of claim 3 in which the bridge pieces are both integral and substantially coplanar with the plates they interconnect.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The battery of claim 3 in which all the bridge pieces extend across the respective median line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The battery of claim 3 in which those pairs of plates that are directly connected by a bridge piece are not physically separated by a partition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The battery of claim 1 in which the median lines of all the common planes lie in a further common plane perpendicular to the said common planes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
The battery of claim 1 in which the cells are electrically connected in series and two of the cells constitute electrical end cells and in which each plate, with the exception of every alternate plate in the stack of plates in the two electrical end cells, is one half of a bipolar pair of plates with one plate of each pair being on one side of the respective median line and one on the other side.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The battery of claim 8 in which in each common plane there is a line of positive plates on one side of the median line and a line of negative plate on the other side.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The battery of claim 8 in which the stacks of plates form two lines of cells that extend parallel to the median lines.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The battery of claim 10 in which the cells in each line of cells are offset with respect to those in the other line in the direction of the length of the lines.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
The battery of claim 11 including a terminal pillar accommodated in the space at each end of the line of cells provided by the offset of the cells in the two lines.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
67 words
The battery of claim 11 in which the cells are accommodated within a container which is of substantially rectangular section having two sidewalls and two end walls with one or more intercell partitions integral with each sidewall and separating adjacent cells, the intercell partitions extending substantially only to the center of the container and being offset from the intercell partitions on the other side of the container.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
The battery of claim 1 in which each plate includes a grid carrying electrochemically active material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
The battery of claim 14 in which the grid is expanded metallic grid.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The battery of claim 14 in which the grid is a cast grid.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
The battery of claim 1 in which the plates and separator material of each cell are accommodated within a respective plastic bag.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
37 words
The battery of claim 1 which contains substantially no mobile electrolyte, the separator material between the plates being capable of absorbing electrolyte in an amount sufficient to provide an electrical connection between adjacent plates of opposite polarity.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
83 words
An electric storage battery which contains substantially no mobile electrolyte and comprises a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative battery plates interleaved with separator material, the separator material being capable of absorbing electrolyte in an amount sufficient to provide an electrical connection between adjacent plates of opposite polarity, the cells being arranged in two lines side-by-side within a sealed container and being electrically connected in series with all the intercell connections extending between the two lines.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
83 words
An electric storage battery which contains substantially no mobile electrolyte and comprises a plurality of cells, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative battery plates interleaved with separator material, the separator material being capable of absorbing electrolyte in an amount sufficient to provide an electrical connection between adjacent plates of opposite polarity, the cells being arranged in two lines side-by-side within a sealed container and being electrically connected in series with all the intercell connections extending between the two lines.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
103 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells, including two electrical end cells, electrically connected in series, the cells being arranged in two lines with all cells being electrolytically isolated from one another, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative plates interleaved with separator material, every alternate plate in each of the two electrical end cells being a unipolar plate and each of the remaining plates being one half of a bipolar pair of plates, the two plates of each bipolar pair of plates being in different cells, being electrically connected, and lying substantially in a common plane.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
103 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells, including two electrical end cells, electrically connected in series, the cells being arranged in two lines with all cells being electrolytically isolated from one another, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative plates interleaved with separator material, every alternate plate in each of the two electrical end cells being a unipolar plate and each of the remaining plates being one half of a bipolar pair of plates, the two plates of each bipolar pair of plates being in different cells, being electrically connected, and lying substantially in a common plane.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
25 words
The battery of claim 20 in which the plates of each bipolar pair of plates are connected with a bridge piece integral with the plates.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
The battery of claim 21 in which those pairs of plates that are directly connected by a briege piece are not physically separated by a partition.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
37 words
The battery of claim 20 in which adjacent cells in each line are separated by a respective substantially planar intercell partition and in which each plate in each cell extends substantially perpendicular to the adjacent intercell partition.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
33 words
The battery of claim 20 in which the cells in each line of cells are offset with respect to those in the other line in the direction of the length of the lines.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
32 words
The battery of claim 24 including a terminal pillar accommodated in the space at each end of the line of cells provided by the offset of the cells in the two lines.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
68 words
The battery of claim 24 in which the cells are accommodated within a container which is of substantially rectangular section and has two sidewalls and two end walls with one or more intercell partitions integral with each sidewall and separating adjacent cells, the intercell partitions extending substantially only to the center of the container and being offset from the intercell partitions on the other side of the container.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
22 words
The battery of claim 20 in which the plates and separator material of each cell are accommodated within a respective plastic bag.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
16 words
The battery of claim 20 in which each plate includes a grid carrying electrochemically active material.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 28 in which the grid is an expanded metallic grid.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
13 words
The battery of claim 28 in which the grid is a cast grid.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
37 words
The battery of claim 20 which contains substantially no mobile electrolyte, the separator material between the plates being capable of absorbing electrolyte in an amount sufficient to provide an electrical connection between adjacent plates of opposite polarity.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
8 words
The battery of claim 1 comprising six cells.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 20, comprising six cells, including the two electrical end cells.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
99 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells electrically connected in series, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative battery plates interleafed with separator material with each plate in each cell being substantially in a common plane with a plate in every other cell, said cells forming at least two lines of cells with each line containing at least two cells and with all the plates in any one line in the same plane being of one polarity and all the plates in an adjacent line in the same plane being of opposite polarity.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
99 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells electrically connected in series, each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative battery plates interleafed with separator material with each plate in each cell being substantially in a common plane with a plate in every other cell, said cells forming at least two lines of cells with each line containing at least two cells and with all the plates in any one line in the same plane being of one polarity and all the plates in an adjacent line in the same plane being of opposite polarity.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
159 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells electrically connected in series, said cells including two electrical end cells and each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative plates interleafed with separator material with each plate in each cell being substantially in a common plane with a plate in every other cell, said cells forming at least two lines of cells with each line containing at least two cells, every alternate plate in each of the two electrical end cells being a unipolar plate and each of the remaining plates in all the cells being one-half of a bipolar pair of plates, the two plates of each bipolar pair being in different cells and in different lines of cells and being electrically connected, with all the plates in any one line in the same plane being of one polarity and all the plates in an adjacent line in the same plane being of opposite polarity.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
159 words
A multicell electric storage battery comprising a plurality of cells electrically connected in series, said cells including two electrical end cells and each cell comprising a stack of alternating positive and negative plates interleafed with separator material with each plate in each cell being substantially in a common plane with a plate in every other cell, said cells forming at least two lines of cells with each line containing at least two cells, every alternate plate in each of the two electrical end cells being a unipolar plate and each of the remaining plates in all the cells being one-half of a bipolar pair of plates, the two plates of each bipolar pair being in different cells and in different lines of cells and being electrically connected, with all the plates in any one line in the same plane being of one polarity and all the plates in an adjacent line in the same plane being of opposite polarity.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
40 words
The battery of claim 35 which contains substantially no mobile electrolyte, the separator material between the plates being capable of absorbing electrolyte in an amount sufficient to provide an electrical connection between adjacent plates of opposite polarity in a cell.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
17 words
The battery of claim 35 wherein the separator material is fibrous, compressible and resistent to the electrolyte.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
15 words
The battery of claim 37 wherein the separator material is a microfine glass fiber material.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
10 words
The battery of claim 35 having two lines of cells.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 35 comprising six cells, including the two electrical end cells.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
31 words
The battery of claim 35 including bridge pieces interconnecting pairs of positive and negative plates, each pair of such connected plates and associated bridge piece constituting a bipolar pair of plates.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
21 words
The battery of claim 41 in which the bridge pieces are both integral and substantially coplanar with the plates they interconnect.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
26 words
The battery of claim 41 in which those pairs of plates that are directly connected by a bridge piece are not physically separated by a partition.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
16 words
The battery of claim 35 in which each plate includes a grid carrying electrochemically active material.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
14 words
The battery of claim 44 in which the grid is an expanded metallic grid.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
13 words
The battery of claim 44 in which the grid is a cast grid.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
22 words
The battery of claim 35 in which the plates and separate material of each cell are accommodated within a respective plastic bag.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1988-03-11 | 1988-09-10 | 1989-03-12 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-03-11 | 1992-09-10 | 1993-03-12 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-03-11 | 1996-09-10 | 1997-03-12 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |