摘要 |
A battery (20) having a case with bottom, top and side walls (22, 24, 26a-d) and partitions (28a-e) forming first, last and at least one middle cells (30a-f), each containing a group (32) of positive and negative plates and electrolyte to a fill level, characterized by preformed unitary bottom and side walls and partitions having hermetically sealed surfaces and junctures, each cell floor (22a) forming positive and negative lead-containing wells (36, 38) in alignment with the wells of adjacent cells, and an intercell connector (44) across each partition below the fill level and held in fluid-tight engagement with the case in position to electrically connect the lead in one well of a middle cell to the lead in a well of the adjacent cell. A method for manufacture of such battery. |