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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Glenn W. Andersen, Hartford, WI (US);
Eric M. Taylor, Shorewood, WI (US);
Kenneth A. Adams, Germantown, WI (US);
Edward N. Mrotek, Grafton, WI (US);
Jeffrey P. Zagrodnik, Hales Corners, WI (US);
Shu Jen F. Kao, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Wen-Hong Kao, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Glenn W. Andersen, Hartford, WI (US);
Eric M. Taylor, Shorewood, 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 is provided having a frame that includes a top element, a bottom element, a first side element, and a second side element. A current collection lug is coupled to the top element. The battery grid includes a plurality of wires provided within the frame and defining a plurality of open areas. The plurality of wires includes a plurality of linear vertical wire members which extend from the top element toward the bottom element, first side element, or second side element. At least one of the linear vertical wire members includes a discontinuity terminating the linear vertical wire member before reaching the bottom element, first side element, or second side element, the discontinuity being defined by parallel horizontal wire members defining an open space.