摘要 |
A battery assembly (100) is disclosed having an enclosure (102) with a top (104) and sides (102), one of the sides (108) having an opening (110) for receiving the batteries (112) therein. A plurality of batteries (112) in electrical communication with one another are disposed within the enclosure (102). Each of the batteries (112) has a pair of parallel tubular openings (116, 118) extending through the batteries, with one of the tubular openings (116) being in electrical communication with the positive pole (120) of the battery (112) and the other of the tubular openings (118) being in electrical communication with the negative pole (122) of the battery (112). When the batteries (112) are aligned with one another within the enclosure (102), each of the positive tubular openings (116) are axially aligned with each other and each of the negative tubular openings (118) are axially aligned with each other. A positive conductor rod (134) threaded at each end extends through and is in electrical communication with the positive tubular openings (116) in each of the batteries (112) and a negative conductor rod (136) threaded at each end extends through and is in electrical communication with the negative tubular openings (118) in each of the batteries (112). A threaded fastener (138) is secured to each of the threaded ends of each of the conductor rods (134, 136) to apply a compression load on and securing the batteries (112) disposed within the enclosure (102).
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