Patent ID: 6622744
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A filling pod for supplying fluid to a battery, the battery including a first cell and a second cell, each cell including at least one electrode submergible in the fluid, said filling pod comprising:a filling pod housing having a filling pod port fluidly connectable to a fluid source for receiving fluid from the fluid source, a first fluid supply member fluidly connectable to the first cell, a second fluid supply member fluidly connectable to the second cell, and an integral channel in fluid communication between the filling pod port, the first fluid supply member, and the second fluid supply member, the channel including a first channel portion in fluid communication between the filling pod port and the first fluid supply member and a second channel portion in fluid communication between the filling pod port and the second fluid supply member, wherein, when fluid is supplied to said filling pod through the filling pod port, a first amount of fluid flows through the first channel portion to the first fluid supply member and to the first cell, and a second amount of fluid flows through the second channel portion to the second fluid supply member and to the second cell.