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US 2015/0303436 A1Published application
Method of manufacturing a lead-acid battery
AssigneeEnergy Power Systems, LLC
InventorsWilliam Koetting, Kwak Tom, Art Holland, James Carlson, Michael Nielson, Fabio Albano, Subhash Dhar, Will Koederitz, Joshua Payne, Jorge Espinel, Jean-Paul Ortiz
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a lead-acid battery, the method including: (i) extending a current collector from an end of a cell pack; and (ii) laser-welding a bus bar to the current collector.
Claims20
A lead-acid battery, comprising:
- a cell pack;
- a current collector extending from an end of the cell pack;
- and
- a bus bar attached to the current collector;
- wherein the current collector includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion folded with respect to the first portion so as to extend substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bus bar.
2 more elements
An electric vehicle powertrain assembly, comprising:
- an alternate power source;
- and
- a lead-acid battery, the battery including:
- a cell pack;
- a current collector extending from an end of the cell pack;
- and
- a bus bar attached to the current collector;
- wherein the current collector includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion folded with respect to the first portion so as to extend substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bus bar.
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A method of manufacturing a lead-acid battery, comprising:
- extending a current collector from an end of a cell pack;
- and
- laser-welding a bus bar to the current collector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.