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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Kazuma Saito, Kyoto, JP;
Kenji Hirakawa, Kyoto, JP;
Motoshi Kiribayashi, Kyoto, JP;
GS Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A lead acid storage battery according to the present invention comprises a battery container for housing a plurality of cells, a middle lid for covering the battery container, and an upper lid for covering the middle lid, wherein, on the upper surface of the middle lid, a gas discharging port for discharging the gas generated inside of the cell and an electrolyte recirculating port for recirculating the moisture to be discharged along with the gas within the cell are formed as corresponding to each cell. A plurality of exhaust chambers separated by an exhaust chamber partition are formed in a space surrounded by the middle lid and the upper lid, and a mechanism for collectively exhausting the gas discharged from the gas discharging port to the outside of the battery by interconnecting the plurality of exhaust chambers is comprised.