Battery and battery container having air-flow passages therethrough
First Claim
1. A one-piece molded thin-walled polymer battery container comprising a plurality of unitary individual compartments therein integrally connected and for containing battery grids and electrolyte therein, and said container including opposed parallel spaced apart vertical end walls, vertical side walls joining said end walls, and pairs of mutually spaced apart partition walls extending between said side walls, transverse to said side walls and integrally joined with said side walls, each of said pairs of partition walls separating two adjacent compartments, and said pairs of partition walls each defining a narrow generally planar air-flow passage therebetween, and each of said partition walls having upper edges, and said partition walls forming each pair of partition walls being integrally joined adjacent a portion of their upper edges to form a single thickness partition wall portion, said air-flow passages including two spaced apart portions adjacent said upper edges and on opposite sides of said single partition wall portion.
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Abstract
A battery and battery container having air-flow passages therethrough. The container includes partitions separating the cells of the battery, the partitions each being comprised of a pair of spaced apart parallel partition walls defining a narrow generally planar air flow passage between the cells of the battery. The spaced apart partition walls are integrally joined together at a location adjacent a central portion which includes an aperture to permit intercell welding of adjacent cells.
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- 1. A one-piece molded thin-walled polymer battery container comprising a plurality of unitary individual compartments therein integrally connected and for containing battery grids and electrolyte therein, and said container including opposed parallel spaced apart vertical end walls, vertical side walls joining said end walls, and pairs of mutually spaced apart partition walls extending between said side walls, transverse to said side walls and integrally joined with said side walls, each of said pairs of partition walls separating two adjacent compartments, and said pairs of partition walls each defining a narrow generally planar air-flow passage therebetween, and each of said partition walls having upper edges, and said partition walls forming each pair of partition walls being integrally joined adjacent a portion of their upper edges to form a single thickness partition wall portion, said air-flow passages including two spaced apart portions adjacent said upper edges and on opposite sides of said single partition wall portion.
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5. A battery comprising a one-piece molded thin walled polymer battery container having an open top and defining a series of parallel integrally joined compartments each of said compartments including side walls and a bottom wall and defining a cavity therein;
- stacked battery plates positioned in each of said compartments; and
a top cover in sealed engagement with said open top for closing said compartments;
said molded container including pairs of mutually spaced apart partition walls extending between said side walls, transverse to said side walls and integrally joined therewith, each of said pairs of partition walls separating two adjacent compartments, and each of said pairs of partition walls defining a narrow generally planar air-flow passage therebetween, and said partition walls having upper edges, and each pair of partition walls being integrally joined adjacent a portion of their upper edges and forming a single thickness partition wall, and said top cover including a plurality of openings therethrough, said openings being in communication with said air-flow passages and permitting air flow through said top cover. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
- stacked battery plates positioned in each of said compartments; and
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