Gnb Incorporated

Gnb Technologies, Inc.

Gnb Battery Technologies Inc.

Richard M Sahli

William H Kump

Steven R Peterson

Deborah S Baumgartner

Anthony R Horton

An electric storage battery, preferably a lead-acid battery, such as used for starting, lighting and ignition of an automobile or the like, includes a handle attached to the cover of the battery through a pin-and-button structure which is attached to the battery by insertion into an insertion aperture and is then moved into an assembly position where the handle can be rotated from a rest position adjacent the side of the cover to an upright, service position for carrying the battery.

Lead-acid battery with handle

A multi-functional spacer is provided for which comprises a body portion removably attachable to the bottom of the battery and one or more auxiliary spacer members removably attached to the body portion and, when detached from the body portion, the auxiliary spacer members being attachable to a side or end wall of the battery. The body portion defines a top surface adapted to receive the battery and a bottom surface adapted to be received by a battery mounting device. The distance between the top and bottom surfaces of the spacer body portion is coordinated such that when the body portion is attached to the battery, the combined height of the body portion and battery is generally equivalent to the height requirement of a battery mounting device for a first vehicle having a height requirement greater than the height of the battery itself. The width of the auxiliary spacer members is coordinated such that when one or more of the auxiliary spacer members are attached to a side or end wall of the battery, the combined width or length of the auxiliary spacer members and the battery is generally equivalent to, respectively, the width or length requirement of a battery mounting device for a second vehicle having a corresponding dimensional requirement greater than the dimension of the battery.

Spacers for lead-acid batteries

A cover assembly for a multicell, lead-acid electric storage battery, which is capable of having each cell independently pressure checked for leaks by using pressure testing equipment having a pressure head tip is provided, which cover assembly comprises a primary cover member and one or more cover piece members sealed to the primary cover member and substantially defines a venting system comprising process holes for communicating with each cell, a trapping chamber communicating with each process hole, the trapping chambers being manifolded into one or more sets, and an exhaust port communicating with each set of manifolded trapping chambers and the ambient; wherein the process holes comprise a cap, an outer opening receiving the cap, an annular step and a first and second barrel in substantially coaxial alignment with the outer opening, and apertures, the annular step providing a surface upon which may be placed the pressure head tip of said pressure testing equipment for independently pressure checking the cell when the cap is removed from said outer opening, and defining an inner opening having a diameter less than those of the outer opening and the first barrel and for providing the exclusive means for gaseous communication and electrolyte drainage between the cell and the interior of the first barrel, the first and second barrels generally extending around and between the annular step and the outer opening, the second barrel being disposed generally concentrically around the first barrel, and the apertures providing means for gaseous communication and electrolyte drainage between the trapping chamber and the interior of the first barrel.

Cover assemblies for electric storage batteries and batteries utilizing

Combined battery and detachable handle

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Cottage Grove, MN, United States of America

Richard M Sahli