Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Furukawa Denchi Kabushiki Kaisha

Kimio Shinmura

Shoji Motodate

Ichiro Sano

Noritaka Koga

Akihiro Tsubuki

Tomokazu Siga

A storage battery including a container and a cover. The container is partitioned into a plurality of cell chambers by a plurality of partition walls. Each cell chamber has a cell therein which is composed of positive and negative plates. The negative and positive plates are connected by negative and positive straps, respectively. An intercell connecting conductor connects negative and positive straps from adjacent cells through an opening in the partition wall. Each intercell connecting conductor includes a horizontal base attached to one of the straps, and an ear which extends obliquely upwardly from the base to the opening in the partition wall. The opening in the partition wall and the ear are laterally offset from the base so that they are vertically unaligned with the base. As a result, the forward tip of a welding gun used to weld two ears from adjacent cells together through the opening in the partition wall will not contact the base even when the height of the ear is of a height that would otherwise permit such contact between the welding gun and the base. The battery also includes positive and negative terminals. The walls of the container and the cover surrounding these terminals are lower than the upper edge of the nearest partition wall directly above the opening. Consequently, the terminals can have a reduced height compared to conventional storage batteries, thereby resulting in less resistance and a higher output, as well as a cheaper cost and a lower height.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kimio Shinmura