Plural Cell Automotive Type Patents (Class D13/104)
  • Patent number: 6854543
    Abstract: A semicircular vehicle battery having a battery housing defined by a curved wall surface enclosed by a top surface and a bottom surface. The curved wall surface further defines an open center area and opposing ends. A first terminal and a second terminal are attached to the battery housing, the first and second terminals providing points of electrical connection to the battery. The battery is arranged to be mounted to a vehicle within a spare tire cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Rowley, Geoffrey Bossio, Michelle Fecteau, Jon Rasbach
  • Patent number: 5492779
    Abstract: A valve-regulated, deep-cycling, gas-recombinant, high energy, lead-acid battery operating at superambient temperatures and internal pressures wherein the sidewalls of the battery container (i.e., intersected by the intercell partitions) are abnormally thin and reinforced against bulging by ribs which project from the container and extend in a direction transverse the intercell partitions. The ribs will preferably have a sinuous shape for optimal strength and heat transfer from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Ronning
  • Patent number: D442542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Dougherty, Michael G. Andrew, Gerald K. Bowen, Jeffrey P. Zagrodnik
  • Patent number: D462656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Jeff J. Degen, Stephen K. Crutcher, Jonathon M. Pierce, Mark S. Inkmann, Glenn W. Andersen
  • Patent number: D480356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Omori, Kenji Kobayashi, Yukihiro Onoda, Muneyoshi Noda
  • Patent number: D491138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Minato
  • Patent number: D307133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Gates Energy Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry K. W. Ching, Jr.
  • Patent number: D307886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Gates Energy Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry K. W. Ching, Jr., Neil Puester
  • Patent number: D310821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Globe-Union Inc.
    Inventors: Randy K. Hulsebus, Edward N. Mrotek, Douglas C. Brown
  • Patent number: D327468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Century Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: William S. Dea, James Luther
  • Patent number: D352498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Exide Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Beidler, Scott Cronrath
  • Patent number: D358130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Chloride Industrial Batteries Limited
    Inventors: John K. Humphreys, John H. Watters, Brian Collier
  • Patent number: D413859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Ido, Takashi Nakajima
  • Patent number: D418477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sunagawa, Yoshie Suzuki, Masayuki Ide, Toshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: D418807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshie Suzuki, Yoshitaka Sunagawa, Masayuki Ide, Toshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: D419132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshie Suzuki, Yoshitaka Sunagawa, Masayuki Ide, Toshihiro Inoue