Batteries
First Claim
1. A battery comprising a plurality of cells or series arrangements of cells arranged between a pair of electrically conductive bus plates each serving to interconnect corresponding terminals of the cells or series arrangements therebetween, each terminal of each cell, or the end terminal of each series arrangement, being connected to the adjacent bus plate by means of a conductive metal strip welded to the terminal and having free ends passing through a hole in the bus plate and welded to the side of the bus plate remote from the terminal.
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Abstract
Various constructions of battery are disclosed, each comprising one or more arrays of single cells or series arrangements of cells, arranged between bus plates and separated by separator members and spacers.
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- 1. A battery comprising a plurality of cells or series arrangements of cells arranged between a pair of electrically conductive bus plates each serving to interconnect corresponding terminals of the cells or series arrangements therebetween, each terminal of each cell, or the end terminal of each series arrangement, being connected to the adjacent bus plate by means of a conductive metal strip welded to the terminal and having free ends passing through a hole in the bus plate and welded to the side of the bus plate remote from the terminal.
- 14. A battery comprising a plurality of parallel cells or parallel series arrangements of cells, including electrically insulating separators between adjacent cells or series arrangements, the separators being in the form of corrugated metal sheets covered with an electrically insulating coating, each corrugated metal sheet having a plurality of corrugations shaped to engage about part of the periphery of a plurality of cells or series arrangements of cells, thereby to maintain adjacent cells or series arrangements in the required space array.
- 17. A battery comprising one or more arrays of cells or series arrangements of cells, arranged between a pair of bus plates, including a heat sink in thermal connection with one of the bus plates of the or each array with an interposed electrically insulating layer interposed between the heat sink and the bus plate or plates.
- 29. A battery enclosed in a thermally insulating housing which helps to maintain the battery at a required temperature, in which terminals of the battery are connected to leads which extend out of the housing, the length of each lead within the housing wall being greater than the thickness of that housing wall.
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