Battery linkage system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJohn W. Hooke
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Abstract
In an electrical storage battery composed of a plurality of electrochemical cells, a keyed linkage system provides for the series connection of the cells in a prescribed order. The system includes the cell terminals, which may be in a stud or tab form, a tooth projecting outwardly in each cell between the terminals, and connecting links which are secured to the terminals of adjacent cells. The size, shape, and location of the tooth permits only a given end of the connecting link to be coupled to one of the terminals, for example, the positive terminal, to accomplish the keying function.
Claims18
A system for joining a plurality of electrochemical cells comprising:
- keying means disposed in each of said cells among the terminals thereof;
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- link means for electrically coupling a terminal of one of said cells with a terminal of a second of said cells, the arrangement of said keying means and said terminals in each of said cells providing for a mating of one end of said link means with a predesignated terminal in one of said cells.
In a system for joining a plurality of electrochemical cells each having spaced apart positive and negative terminals, an improved linkage system comprising:
- a keying element positioned between the terminals of each of said cells, said keying element being configured to define adjacent connection-accommodating spaces between said element and respective ones of said terminals;
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- a conductive connector link configured to connect a terminal of one of said cells with a terminal of a second of said cells, said link having first and second end portions, said first portion being formed to be received by said keying element and only a first terminal of said terminals, said second portion being formed so as to be received by said keying element and only a second terminal of said terminals whereby the coupling between successive cells is keyed.
A keyed battery linkage system for interconnection of a plurality of electrochemical cells comprising:
- a keying element located among the terminals in each of said cells, portions of said keying element being asymmetrically positioned relative to the terminals in each of said cells;
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- a connecting link adapted to be secured between terminals of a pair of said cells, said link being configured to fit in a prescribed sense between the keying elements and the terminals of said pair of cells for keying the coupling of successive ones of said cells in a series connection thereof.
A system for linking a plurality of electrochemical cells wherein each of said cells has a first terminal and a second terminal located on a surface of the cell, said system comprising:
- an electrically conducting link for connecting a first terminal of one cell to a second terminal of a second cell of said plurality of cells;
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- a keying means located at said cell surface in each of said cells, said keying means being positioned relative to the terminals in each of said cells for engagement with said link upon the connecting of said link in a prescribed sense between said first terminal of said one cell and said second terminal of said second cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.