Enersys Limited

Hawker Batteries Limited

Enersys European Holdings Co.

Kenneth Michael Partington

Gerard Chevalier

Rhodri Evans

The invention relates to a battery () comprising a casing having one or more gas vents () and a manifold () arranged to collect gas emerging from the gas vents wherein the manifold is fixed to the casing using a double sided adhesive gasket ().

Battery

The invention relates to a battery comprising a casing having at least one handle, which is formed integrally with the casing and is at least partially recessed into the upper surface of the casing.

Devices include a plurality of batteries connectable in series and arranged in vertically stacked configurations. Each of the batteries includes opposite first and second lateral faces and a positive terminal and a negative terminal adjacent the first face. The first and second lateral faces each have nesting topography thereon. A first substantially vertically oriented sideplate has nesting topography thereon configured to receive the nesting topography of the first faces of the batteries and an electrical connector connected to a positive terminal of one battery and a negative terminal of an adjacent battery. A second substantially vertically oriented sideplate has nesting topography configured to receive the nesting topography of the second faces of the batteries.

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Lancashire, United Kingdom

Kenneth Michael Partington