Patent ID: 6834424
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B22D,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling batteries comprising the steps of:(a) supplying a battery container having a plurality of battery plates and a battery cover having at least two terminal apertures and at least two plate strap mold wells; (b) heating an open edge of the battery container and an open edge of the battery cover; (c) providing at least two terminal molds adjacent the at least two terminal apertures in the battery cover; (d) filling said at least two terminal molds and said at least two plate strap mold wells of the battery cover with molten lead from a lead dispenser/heater unit; (e) withdrawing said lead dispenser/heater unit and sealing the battery cover to the battery container and substantially simultaneously fusing plate lugs of the battery plates with the molten straps; and (f) heating the plate lugs of the battery plates with a heating station before insertion into molten plate straps.