Cps Technology Holdings LLC

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Feng Xue

James S Symanski

Glenn W Andersen

M Eric Taylor

Bart William Sauer

Mohamadkheir Alkhateeb

Jianxun Hu

Joseph F Mathews

James Cameron Douglass

Christine M Feuell

Rebecca M Conway

Julia A Mazur

Kurt R Dickmann

William E Spears

Deborah G Spanic

Nancy I Guerra Garcia

Joseph E Liedhegner

Eduardo J Arenas

Wilson Sturm Filho

A battery grid is disclosed. The battery grid includes a pattern of grid wires. The pattern includes a grid wire having a first segment with a first corrosion resistance and a second segment with a second corrosion resistance which is less than the first corrosion resistance. The second segment corrodes at a rate which is faster than the corrosion rate of the first segment so as to dynamically release internal stress and control grid growth of the battery grid during its service life. A battery includes said grid and a method of forming said grid are also disclosed.

Battery grid with varied corrosion resistance

A charger for a starting, lighting, and ignition (SLI) battery is provided. The charger includes a base unit having a pair of terminals that are adapted to engage a pair of conductive terminals coupled to a battery unit to electrically couple the base unit to the battery unit. The charger also includes charging circuitry having power conversion circuitry that is adapted to receive primary power and to convert the primary power to a battery power output compatible with a charging voltage of the battery unit.

Battery charging devices and systems

An electrode assembly for a high cycling battery is disclosed. The electrode assembly includes a separator envelope comprising a backweb of material. The backweb has opposing sides, a contact area including a plurality of vertical, continuous major ribs of substantially the same height spaced across the contact area and projecting from one of the opposing sides forming acid conduits therebetween. A rim area is provided on each respective end of the contact area and has a plurality of vertical shoulder ribs. The backweb of material is folded and each rim area, aligned by the folding of the backweb, at least partially secured to itself to form the separator envelope. A negative electrode is received in the separator envelope and a positive electrode is positioned adjacent to the negative electrode, separated from the negative electrode by the separator envelope. A separator and plate assembly and a lead-acid battery are also disclosed.

Battery electrode assembly, separator and method of making same

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Menomonee Falls, WI, United States of America

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