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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1977
Roy F Thornton, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph L Weininger, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of producing a sealed electrolyte-limited lead-acid battery is described which includes providing a container having a body portion and a cover with at least one opening therein, providing at least one positive plate, providing at least one negative plate, positioning a separator therebetween, positioning the plates with separator therebetween within the body portion of the container, affixing the cover to the body portion of the container, adding a limited amount of sulfuric acid electrolyte within the body portion containing a metallic sulfate in an amount equivalent to from 0.01 to 2.5 weight percent sodium sulfate, forming charged positive and negative plates therein, and sealing the battery.