Button type cell and battery
AssigneeSaft-Societe des Accumulateurs Fixes et de Traction
InventorsJacques Reynier, Michel Guglier
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Abstract
Electro-chemical generators of the button type in which a stack of alternate positive and negative electrodes with separators between electrodes of opposite polarity are enclosed between two collectors which serve as terminals of opposite polarity for the generator. The assembly of electrodes, separators and collectors together with requisite electrolyte are held together by a molded insulative plastic frame which has portions overlying the peripheries of the collectors and which also may penetrate to a limited extent in the space between the peripheries of the collectors as by an insulative body encircling the electrode separator assembly. This body may be an electrically insulative ring, or an elastomer seal member.
Claims6
A method of manufacturing an electrochemical cell comprising providing a stack of alternately disposed positive plates and negative plates separated by separator sheets, surrounding said stack by an insulative ring, electrically linking the endmost plates of opposite polarity to a pair of collectors disposed respectively at each end of the stack, impregnating the said stack with an electrolyte and then molding an electrically insulative plastic material in form of a frame around and over the peripheral rims of the collectors, said ring limiting the penetration of the said material during molding to prevent it from reaching said stack.
A method of manufacturing a battery of superposed electrochemical cells comprising uniting pairs of collectors for respective adjacent cells, assembling cell stacks each comprising positive electrodes, negative electrodes, interposed separator sheets and electrolyte impregnant, surrounding each such cell stack with an insulative annular member, positioning one of such cell stacks on a collector, covering the so-positioned one of said cell stacks with one of the collectors of a said united pair of collectors, positioning a second of said cell stacks also surrounded by a said annular member on a second of the collectors of said united pair of collectors, covering the sopositioned second of said cell stacks with another collector and thereafter molding a single frame of plastic material around the assembly of positioned cell stacks and collectors in a single molding operation, the said insulating annular member of each cell stack serving to prevent penetration of said molding material during said molding operation into contact with respective of the positioned cell stacks.
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