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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Advanced Battery Concepts, Llc, Clare, MI (US);
Edward O. Shaffer, II, Midland, MI (US);
Donald Hobday, Dover, GB;
ADVANCED BATTERY CONCEPTS, LLC, Clare, MI (US);
Abstract
An article having (a) one or more stacks of a plurality of electrode plates include: (i) one or more bipolar plates having a substrate having an anode on one surface and a cathode on an opposing surface; (ii) a separator and a liquid electrolyte located between each of the electrode plates; (b) a first end plate having a first end plate internal reinforcement structure, attached at an end of the one or more stacks; (c) a second end plate having a second end plate internal reinforcement structure, attached at an opposing end of the one or more stacks as the first end plate; wherein the first end plate and the second end plate reinforce the plurality of electrode plates during a charge cycle, a discharge cycle, or both the charge cycle and the discharge cycle.