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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Charles J. Schaeffer, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jeffrey L. Troxel, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
M. Eric Taylor, Shorewood, WI (US);
Wen-hong Kao, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Christian P. Hansen, Eagle, WI (US);
Yu-lin Chen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Dan J. Cantillon, Sussex, WI (US);
Bart Sauer, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Charles J. Schaeffer, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jeffrey L. Troxel, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
M. Eric Taylor, Shorewood, WI (US);
Wen-Hong Kao, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Christian P. Hansen, Eagle, WI (US);
Yu-Lin Chen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Dan J. Cantillon, Sussex, WI (US);
Bart Sauer, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of making a battery includes forming a strip of interconnected grids from a grid material by feeding a continuous strip of the grid material along a linear path aligned with the longitudinal direction of the strip and punching grid material out of the strip. Each interconnected grid includes a plurality of wires, with each wire having opposed ends joined to one of a plurality of nodes to define a plurality of open spaces. The method also includes modifying at least one of the wires at a position intermediate the opposed ends of the wire such that a first transverse cross-section taken intermediate the opposed ends of the wire differs from a second transverse cross-section of the wire taken at one of the opposed ends of the wire. The method further includes applying paste to the strip and cutting the strip to form a plurality of plates.