Exide Technologies Gmbh

David Robert Mihara

Xiangjun Wang

Hongbo Zhang

Prosper K Adanuvor

Joel Thomas Charlton

Jimmy Lee Stewart

John Harold Miller

Edward Mattan

Prosper Adanuvor

A method of making battery plates for lead-acid batteries includes providing a strip of material comprising lead; and punching material out of the strip to form a grid comprising wires having a non-rectangular cross-sectional shape by utilizing a die set comprising a plurality of male die components and female die components, wherein each of the male die components comprises a first portion having a first cross-sectional shape and a second portion having a second-cross sectional shape. A single punch of the material creates a hole in the material and also forms the periphery of the hole.

Single punch method of making battery plates for lead-acid batteries

A lead-acid battery grid made from a lead-based alloy containing tin, calcium, bismuth and copper and characterized by enhanced mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, less battery gassing, lower sulfation and water loss, and no post-casting treatment requirements for age hardening. In one embodiment, the battery grids are formed from a lead-based alloy including about 2.0% tin, about 0.0125% copper, about 0.065% calcium, and about 0.032% bismuth. Preferably, the battery grid is free of silver beyond trace levels in the alloy.

Lead-acid battery positive plate and alloy therefore

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David Robert Mihara