US4833047A
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Electrolyte feeder for battery
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-10-26
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Granted: 1989-05-23
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Expires: 2007-10-26
Abstract
Abstract An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry changed storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports, a thin film being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, and said thin film sealing up each shell body.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshihiro Isoi
- 👤 Masakazu Sato
- 👤 Shuji Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 07:37
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M50/00; H01M50/60; H01M50/609; H01M50/627; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of a spaced cell units equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; an upwardly extending cylindrical filling sleeve being formed on each filling port of siad battery; a thin film being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, each shell body being sealed by said thin film, and each shell body being opened by breaking said thin film with the filling sleeve.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of a spaced cell units equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; an upwardly extending cylindrical filling sleeve being formed on each filling port of siad battery; a thin film being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, each shell body being sealed by said thin film, and each shell body being opened by breaking said thin film with the filling sleeve.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
114 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film, which can be opened, being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, and a battery sealing plug is fitted onto an outer periphery of the filling tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
114 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film, which can be opened, being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, and a battery sealing plug is fitted onto an outer periphery of the filling tube.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
178 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, each shell body being sealed by said thin film, a filling hole for each cell being provided on each filling port of a battery cover, an upwardly extending filling sleeve is formed on each filling hole, said filling sleeve fitting in an inner periphery of the filling tube of electrolyte container and said filling sleeve opening the thin film on the filling tube, and air grooves for supplying air to the electrolyte container are formed on an outer peripheral surface of said sleeve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
178 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, each shell body being sealed by said thin film, a filling hole for each cell being provided on each filling port of a battery cover, an upwardly extending filling sleeve is formed on each filling hole, said filling sleeve fitting in an inner periphery of the filling tube of electrolyte container and said filling sleeve opening the thin film on the filling tube, and air grooves for supplying air to the electrolyte container are formed on an outer peripheral surface of said sleeve.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
172 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, each shell body being sealed by said thin film, a filling hole, for each cell, being provided on each filling port of a battery cover, an upwardly extending filling sleeve being formed on each filling hole, said filling sleeve fitting in an inner periphery of the filling tube of electrolyte container for opening the filling tube, and air grooves for supplying air to the electrolyte container being formed on an inner peripheral surface of said filling tube.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
172 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film being formed at a tip end of the filling tube, each shell body being sealed by said thin film, a filling hole, for each cell, being provided on each filling port of a battery cover, an upwardly extending filling sleeve being formed on each filling hole, said filling sleeve fitting in an inner periphery of the filling tube of electrolyte container for opening the filling tube, and air grooves for supplying air to the electrolyte container being formed on an inner peripheral surface of said filling tube.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
157 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film being formed on a tip end of the filling tube, said thin film comprising an aluminum sheet body layer, thermal resisting polyester resin layers formed on both sides of said aluminum sheet body layer and a polyethylene resin layer formed of the same material as the container, said polyethylene resin layer being formed on a inner most surface of the container, and each shell body is sealed up by said thin film.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
157 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery including an electrolyte container, said container comprising: a shell body filled with an electrolyte in a plurality of spaced cell units, equal in number to the number of individual cells in a dry charged storage battery, each of said shell bodies having a filling tube, and said filling tubes being spaced to coincide with the spacing between filling ports of said battery to enable the filling tubes to fit into the corresponding one of the filling ports; a thin film being formed on a tip end of the filling tube, said thin film comprising an aluminum sheet body layer, thermal resisting polyester resin layers formed on both sides of said aluminum sheet body layer and a polyethylene resin layer formed of the same material as the container, said polyethylene resin layer being formed on a inner most surface of the container, and each shell body is sealed up by said thin film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
65 words
An electrolyte feeder for battery as set forth in claim 3, in which a notched portion is formed at a tip end of the sleeve, an air groove is formed at a position deviated from said tip end in a circumferential direction, a radially outwardly extending rib is formed on a sleeve outer peripheral surface corresponding to a lower side part of the air groove.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 1, wherein said thin film is an aluminum sheet layer and a polyethylene resin layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 1, wherein said thin sheet is bonded by thermocompression to said filling tube of said electrolyte container.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 2, wherein said thin film is an aluminum sheet layer and a polyethylene resin layer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 2, wherein said thin sheet is bonded by thermocompression to said filling tube of said electrolyte container.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 3, wherein said thin film is an aluminum sheet layer and a polyethylene resin layer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 3, wherein said thin sheet is bonded by thermocompression to said filling tube of said electrolyte container.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 4, wherein said thin film is an aluminum sheet layer and a polyethylene resin layer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 4, wherein said thin sheet is bonded by thermocompression to said filling tube of said electrolyte container.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrolyte feeder for a battery as set forth in claim 5, wherein said thin sheet is bonded by thermocompression to said filling tube of said electrolyte container.
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