Patent ID: 6780540
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
A battery cell, comprising:a plurality of positive plates each of said plurality of positive plates having a positive lug; a plurality of separators; a plurality of negative plates each of said negative plates having a negative lug, said plurality of positive plates, said plurality of separators, and said plurality of negative plates being configured into a compressible stack; a casing for receiving said compressible stack, said casing having an interior height smaller by about 5% to 50 than an uncompressed height of said compressible stack; and a cover mated with said casing compressing said compressible stack to about said interior height of said casing, wherein said casing further comprises: a first slot for receiving said plurality of positive lugs, said first slot being offset from a first side of said casing by a first predetermined distance and said positive lugs being offset a distance corresponding to said first predetermined distance; and a second slot for receiving said plurality of negative lugs, said second slot being offset from a second side of said casting by a second predetermined distance and said negative lugs being offset a distance corresponding to said second predetermined distance, said first predetermined distance being different than said second predetermined distance.