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Energy storage device

  • US 5,154,989 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1991
  • Issued: 10/13/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrode assembly for energy storage devices, the assembly comprising first and second electrode means, and separator means separating the electrodes from each other;

  • the first electrode means comprising a plurality of sections of predetermined configuration;

    the second electrode means being of one-piece contruction and further comprising an elongate bus bar and multiple pairs of oppositely disposed electrode tabs of a predetermined configuration and which are commonly connected along the bus bar over its length, the bus bar being foldable in sections over its length and each electrode tab pair being foldable toward each other on opposite edges of the bus bar whereby the electrode means in assembled relationship are arranged in interleaved and folded fashion as follows;

    the bus bar is folded at discrete intervals along its length whereby the second electrode tabs are folded so as to serially and sequentially enclose therebetween successive tab pairs folded along the length of the bus bar, and the first electrode means is arranged with its sections interleaved between the second electrode tabs.

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