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US 7,410,726 B2Granted
Electrical battery assembly and method of manufacture
AssigneeQuallion LLC
InventorsClay Kishiyama, Andrew Szyszkowski, Hisashi Tsukamoto
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Abstract
The method includes filling a case through a fill-hole in a cover of a case. The case is configured to hold an electrode assembly having at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode. The method also includes plugging the fill-hole with a plug. The plug includes a terminal for the battery.
Claims20
A method of assembling a battery, comprising:
- filling a case through a fill-hole in a cover of a case, the case being configured to hold an electrode assembly having at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode;
- and
- plugging the fill-hole with a plug having a terminal extending from a top of a plug region,
- the fill-hole being plugged such that the plug region extends across the fill-hole and is positioned between an interior of the case and the terminal.
1 more element
A battery comprising:
- a cover attached to a case configured to hold an electrode assembly having at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode;
- and
- a plug positioned in a fill-hole in the cover, the fill-hole configured such that the case can be filled with an electrolyte through the fill-hole, the plug having a terminal extending from a top of a plug region, the plug region extending across the fill-hole and being positioned between an interior of the case and the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.