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US 2019/0157644 A1Published application
Vent adapter for lead-acid battery systems
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsJeffrey H. Juds, Joseph E. Liedhegner
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Abstract
A vent adapter for a lead-acid battery includes a first side configured to mate with a vent port of the lead-acid battery via a first connector having a first geometry; and a second side in fluid communication with the first side and configured to mate with a vent passage of an automobile via a second connector having a second geometry, wherein the first and second geometries have respective shapes that are different from one another.
Claims20
A battery system, comprising:
- a lead-acid battery comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of lead-acid battery cells disposed within the housing;
- and
- a vent port in the housing configured to vent gases evolved from the plurality of lead-acid battery cells;
- and
- a vent adapter configured to fluidly couple the vent port with a vent connector having a different geometric shape, comprising:
- a first connector substantially matched in shape and size with the vent port to enable an interference fit between the vent port and the first connector;
- and
- a second connector having a different shape than the vent port of the lead acid battery.
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A battery system, comprising:
- a lead-acid battery having a vent port;
- and
- a vent adapter mated to the vent port in an interference fit and having a connector configured to fluidly couple the lead acid battery with a vent connector having a different geometric shape than the vent port.
A battery system, comprising:
- a lead-acid battery installed within a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of lead-acid battery cells disposed within the housing and being electrically coupled to the vehicle via two or more terminals of the lead-acid battery;
- and
- a vent port in the housing, the vent port being fluidly coupled to a vent passage of the vehicle via a vent adapter, wherein the vent adapter is directly coupled to the vent port at a first end and is directly coupled to the vent passage of the vehicle at a second end, and the first and second ends of the vent adapter have different geometric shapes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.