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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Wen-hong Kao, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Shu Jen F. Kao, Legal Representative, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Glenn W. Andersen, Hartford, WI (US);
M. Eric Taylor, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kenneth A. Adams, Germantown, WI (US);
Edward N. Mrotek, Grafton, WI (US);
Jeffrey P. Zagrodnik, Hales Corners, WI (US);
Wen-Hong Kao, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Shu Jen F. Kao, legal representative, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Glenn W. Andersen, Hartford, WI (US);
M. Eric Taylor, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kenneth A. Adams, Germantown, WI (US);
Edward N. Mrotek, Grafton, WI (US);
Jeffrey P. Zagrodnik, Hales Corners, WI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A battery grid includes a frame that includes a top element, a bottom element, a first side element, and a second side element. The battery grid also includes a plurality of wires provided within the frame and defining a plurality of open areas and a current collection lug extending from the top element in a first direction. The battery grid further includes at least one feature provided in the battery grid that is configured to reduce the amount of growth of the battery grid in the first direction due to corrosion of the battery grid during the life of the battery grid.