Sealed lead-acid cell tray assembly and motive powered vehicle using such cell tray assembly
First Claim
1. A sealed lead-acid cell tray assembly mounted on a motive powered vehicle which comprises a tray base, upstanding tray side walls connected to said base, said base and said side walls dimensionally configured to provide a cell enclosure area having a means for accepting at least six sealed lead-acid cells in a horizontal position, said means for accepting including cell-receiving members positioned above said tray base and attached to said upstanding side walls, said cell-receiving members dividing at least part of said cell enclosure area into cell compartments each capable of accepting at least one sealed lead-acid cell in the horizontal position, a sealed lead-acid cell having a positive and negative terminal and horizontally positioned in each cell compartment and electrically connected together, and electrical connectors connecting the cells to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A sealed, lead-acid cell tray assembly for powering a vehicle characterized by the ability to provide vastly superior cycle life under regimes requiring relatively deep depths of discharge comprises a tray base, upstanding tray side walls connected to the base, the base and the side walls being dimensionally configured to provide a cell enclosure area having the ability to accept at least six sealed lead-acid cells in a horizontal position, cell-receiving members positioned above the base and attached to the upstanding side walls which divide at least part of the cell enclosure area into cell compartments capable of accepting at least one sealed lead-acid cell in a horizontal position and tray covers which limit access to the cells.
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16 Claims
- 1. A sealed lead-acid cell tray assembly mounted on a motive powered vehicle which comprises a tray base, upstanding tray side walls connected to said base, said base and said side walls dimensionally configured to provide a cell enclosure area having a means for accepting at least six sealed lead-acid cells in a horizontal position, said means for accepting including cell-receiving members positioned above said tray base and attached to said upstanding side walls, said cell-receiving members dividing at least part of said cell enclosure area into cell compartments each capable of accepting at least one sealed lead-acid cell in the horizontal position, a sealed lead-acid cell having a positive and negative terminal and horizontally positioned in each cell compartment and electrically connected together, and electrical connectors connecting the cells to the vehicle.
- 13. A motive-powered vehicle which comprises a vehicle having a cell receptacle area and connectors for accepting the positive and negative termination from a sealed lead-acid cell assembly, a sealed lead-acid tray assembly dimensionally sized to fit into the cell receptacle area, said tray assembly comprising a tray base, upstanding tray side walls connected to said base, said base and said side walls dimensionally configured to provide a cell enclosure area having means for accepting a sufficient number of sealed lead-acid cells in a horizontal position to power the vehicle, said means for accepting including cell-receiving members positioned above said base and attached to said upstanding side walls, said cell-receiving members dividing at least part of said cell enclosure area into cell compartments each capable of accepting at least one sealed lead-acid cell in the horizontal position, a sealed lead-acid cell having a positive and negative terminal horizontally positioned in each cell compartment and electrically connected together to provide the sealed lead-acid cell assembly having positive and negative termination for the cell assembly, and electrical connectors connecting the positive and negative termination of the cell assembly to the vehicle connectors.
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