Patent ID: 6207315
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B64G,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A spacecraft battery system comprising:a planar mounting panel having first and second opposed mounting surfaces;a first battery assembly including a plurality of battery cells having longitudinal axes and being in electrical continuity mounted on and extending away from said first mounting surface of said planar mounting panel, the longitudinal axes of the battery cells of the first battery assembly being transverse of said planar mounting panel and all of the battery cells of the first battery assembly being located completely on one side of the first mounting surface; anda second battery assembly including a plurality of battery cells having longitudinal axes and being in electrical continuity mounted on and extending away from said second mounting surface of said planar mounting panel, the longitudinal axes of the battery cells of the second battery assembly being transverse of said planar mounting panel and all of the battery cells of the second battery assembly being located completely on one side of the second mounting surface.