Patents by Inventor Richard G. Acton

Richard G. Acton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of manufacturing electric batteries with heat embedded intercell connectors
    Patent number: 4171564
    Abstract: An electric storage battery having a plurality of cell compartments separated from each other by wall means formed of thermoplastic plastics material, each cell compartment containing a plurality of plates electrically connected together, the plates of one cell compartment being electrically connected to the plates in an adjacent cell compartment by an intercell connecting rod which provides a direct connection between adjacent cells through the wall means, the rod having been embedded in position in the wall means by deformation of the wall means when the thermoplastic plastics material was softened by heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Oldham and Son Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard G. Acton, Harold Morton