Patent ID: 9553329
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. An article containing electrochemical cells comprising: a) one or more stacks of battery plates comprising one or more bipolar plates comprising a substrate having an anode on one surface and a cathode on the opposite surface, a monopolar plate having a cathode deposited on one surface and a monopolar plate having an anode deposited on one surface, wherein the plates are arranged such that the surfaces of the plates having a cathode deposited on the surface face the surface of another plate having an anode deposited on the surface, and the monopolar plates are located at opposite ends of each stack of battery plates; b) located between each plate is a separator and a liquid electrolyte wherein the separator and the plates from sealed electrochemical cells; and c) a transverse channel formed by holes in the separators and battery plates and by inserts and/or bosses inserted into the battery plates and the separators that are aligned to form the channel wherein the inserts in the separators have vents holes which communicate between the transverse channel and the electrochemical cells; wherein the inserts are molded into separator.