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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
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 grid network for a battery plate is provided. The grid network includes a plurality of spaced apart grid wire elements, each grid wire element having opposed ends joined to one of a plurality of nodes. Each node includes the juncture of one of the opposed ends of a plurality of the grid wire elements to define a plurality of open spaces in the grid network. At least one of the grid wire elements has a first transverse cross-section intermediate its opposed ends that is a different shape than a second transverse cross-section at at least one of the grid wire element's opposed ends.