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US 2010/0304197 A1Published application
Flexible foil prismatic battery having improved volumetric efficiency
OwnerRamesh C. Bhardwaj, Louie J. Finkleinventors
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OwnerRamesh C. Bhardwaj, Louie J. Finkleinventors
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A (e.g., 12-volt) lead acid battery having prismatic and wound prismatic battery cells that are arranged relative to one another within a standard battery casing to avoid wasted space whereby to improve the overall volumetric efficiency of the battery relative to conventional batteries having thick grids or cylindrical cell configurations. According to a first preferred embodiment, each battery cell includes a plurality of cathode and anode electrode plates, wherein each plate is manufactured from an electrically-conductive flexible foil covered on opposite sides thereof by one of a positively or negatively charged material. According to a second preferred embodiment, each battery cell includes flexible, electrically-conductive cathode and anode electrodes that are prismatically wound in an oval (i.e., flat) configuration, such that the battery cell is longer along the major axis thereof than along the minor axis. The batteries of this invention are capable of increasing their stored energy capability and maximizing their power performance by avoiding unused or wasted volume within the battery casing so as to improve the stored energy capacity and cold-cranking power.
A battery including a case and a plurality of prismatic battery cells electrically connected to one another within said case, each prismatic battery cell having a positive and a negative terminal, a stack of alternating cathode and anode electrodes, and a plurality of electrical insulators, wherein each of the cathode and anode electrodes from said stack thereof is a flat electrically-conductive plate and said plurality of electrical insulators are sandwiched between respective pairs of said alternating cathode and anode electric plates.
A battery including a case and a plurality of planar battery cells within said case, each battery cell having perpendicularly-aligned major and minor axes, an electrically-conductive anode electrode, an electrically-conductive cathode electrode, and an electrical insulator sandwiched between said anode and cathode electrodes, said anode and cathode electrodes and said insulator therebetween being wound in an oval configuration, such that said planar battery cell is longer along said major axis thereof than along said minor axis.
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