Abstract: A lift truck useful for positioning, placement, and mounting of renewable energy storage devices includes a lifting bracket and tongue raised and lowered by a powered jackscrew lift system. In use, the tongue is placed under a battery system and positioned at the place of installation. Once positioned, the truck is activated, raising the battery system and holding it in place during installation. With the use of the truck, a single technician is able to install the battery system, and risk of physical injury is minimized because the weight of the battery system is entirely supported by the truck during installation.

Abstract: A method of applying discrete areas of a noble metal to individual pads on a flexible printed circuit board comprises the steps of forming a particular pattern of electrically conductive material on a flexible, electrically insulating substrate. The pattern includes individual pads. An aperture is formed through the electrically insulating substrate to expose a portion of the underside of at least one of the individual pads, and then contacting the underside with an electrode, contacting the upper surface of the individual pad with a wire comprised of the noble metal, applying a welding current between the electrode and the wire to weld the wire to the pad and severing the wire to leave a particular amount on the upper surface of the pad.

Abstract: A method of making printed circuit boards having gold dot contacts formed on the terminal pads is disclosed. A first layer of copper is overlayed with a pattern of tin or solder which acts as a resist. The gold dot contacts are resistance welded to the terminal pads. The copper underlayment and its pattern of tin or solder carrying the gold dots is then bonded to an electrically insulating substrate, which can be flexible, to form a composite board which is then etched to form a printed circuit board having gold dot contacts thereon. Other materials than tin or solder can be employed so long as there is a difference in etchability between it and the copper foil.