The present application relates generally to the field of batteries (e.g., lead-acid starting, lighting, and ignition batteries for vehicles such as automobiles). More particularly, the present application relates to negative grids for use in such batteries and methods for making such negative grids.
Lead-acid batteries typically include a number of cell elements which are provided in separate compartments of a container containing sulfuric acid electrolyte. Each cell element includes at least one positive plate or grid, at least one negative plate or grid, and a porous separator (e.g., a polymeric separator) positioned between each positive and negative plate. The positive and negative plates each comprise a lead or lead alloy grid that supports an electrochemically active material (referred to as a battery paste). The active material is a lead-based material (i.e., PbO, PbO2, Pb or PbSO4 at different charge/discharge stages of the battery) that is pasted onto the grid. The grids provide an electrical contact between the positive and negative active materials which serves to conduct current.
Conventionally, positive and negative grids are manufactured using different processes. For example, positive grids may be made using a number of different methods. One method involves the use of conventional gravity cast book mold operations. Another more recent method involves producing the grids in a continuous process in which a continuous strip of metal (e.g., a lead alloy) that has been previously cast is introduced into a die to remove material therefrom in a punching operation (e.g., using a progressive die) to form the structure of the grids. Individual wires of the grids may be deformed or “coined” to improve battery paste adhesion using a specially-adapted die. Such a process is described in greater detail in the following U.S. patents which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,582,936; 5,989,749; 6,203,948; 6,274,274; and 6,953,641.
In contrast, negative grids are typically formed using an expanded metal process. A lead alloy strip is manufactured, either by casting (namely, cast strip) or by casting and rolling (namely, wrought strip), and the strip is subsequently slit and expanded to generate the desired grid pattern in a strip of interconnected battery grids.
It would be desirable to provide an improved method for producing negative grids for use in lead-acid batteries. It would also be desirable to provide negative grids that have features that improve their manufacturability and performance. It would be desirable to provide a grid and/or a method of producing a grid that includes any one or more of these or other advantageous features, as will be apparent to those reviewing the present disclosure.
An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method for producing a negative grid for a battery which includes providing a strip of battery grid material and performing a punching operation on the battery grid material to remove material and form a grid. The punching operation produces a negative battery grid having a plurality of grid wires bounded by a frame. The battery grid includes a top frame member. A first side frame member is coupled to the top frame member at a first end thereof. A second side frame member is coupled to the top frame member at a second end thereof. A bottom frame member is spaced apart from the top frame member and coupled to the first side frame member and the second side frame member. The negative grid does not include exposed wire ends that may puncture a polymeric separator when the negative grid is provided within the separator.
The housing 12 is internally subdivided into separate spaces 20 by walls or partitions 22. Within each space 20 is provided a cell element 30 that is made up of alternating positive plates 32 (e.g., electrodes, grids) and negative plates 34 (e.g., electrodes, grids). The positive and negative plates are separated by porous polymeric separators 36 (e.g., the negative plates are provided in separator envelopes to separate them from adjacent positive plates, as shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,001,503). Lugs 33 extending from the positive plates 32 are coupled to a strap 40, and lugs 35 extending from the negative plates 34 are coupled to a strap 42. The positive straps are then coupled to the positive terminal 16 and the negative straps are electrically coupled to the negative terminal 18.
Conventionally, negative grids such as that shown in
According to an exemplary embodiment, instead of forming a grid in an expanded metal process, the grid is formed in a progressive punching operation in which a sheet of metal (e.g., a lead alloy) is run through a progressive punching die, which removes material to form the grid shape shown in
During the punching operation, the strip is maintained as a continuous strip and the interconnected grid shapes are formed in a progressive punching operation, (i.e., features are added to the battery grid through several punching operations). Each of the interconnected battery grids has a grid network bordered by a frame as shown in
After the punching operation or process forms a strip having interconnected grids, the battery grid wire sections of the strip may optionally be processed in a stamping or coining operation or process. The stamping operation or process is used to deform or coin the grid wires so that the grid wires have a modified cross-section between the nodes, as shown in
It should be appreciated that any number of modified grid wire shapes can be selected so as to provide improved paste adhesion characteristics for the negative grid that are superior to the rectangular cross-section produced by a stamping process. According to various exemplary embodiments, the modified grid wire substantially has a diamond shape, a rhomboid shape, a hexagon shape, an octagon shape, or an oval shape. When deforming the grid wires in the stamping station, the area of deformation along the length of the grid wire between the opposed ends of each grid wire section may vary. For example, according to an exemplary embodiment, approximately 90% of the length of the grid wire between the opposed ends of the grid wire undergoes deformation at the stamping station (e.g., approximately 5% of the grid wire length near one end of the grid wire section would have a rectangular cross-section, the center 90% of the grid wire length would have a substantially octagonal cross-section, and approximately 5% of the grid wire length near the other end of the grid wire section would have a rectangular cross-section). According to other exemplary embodiments, a different percentage of the wires may be modified.
According to other exemplary embodiments, the grid wires may not be stamped or coined, and will have a cross-sectional shape as shown in
While it is preferred that the nodes remained undeformed, in certain circumstances it may be advantageous to deform or coin the nodes in the stamping station. Since coining of the nodes as well as the grid wires will tend to make the grid strip non-planar, pasting operations which tend to apply paste more thickly to one side of the plate than the other can benefit from this effect. The grid strip can then be oriented so that paste can more readily flow to the surface which is thinly pasted, i.e., fed into the pasting machine so that the concave side faces the direction that otherwise would be thinly pasted, typically the bottom.
It should also be noted that all or a portion of the grid may be coated with a metal alloy (e.g., a lead alloy) to provide various advantages, including, for example, improved adhesion of battery paste. Examples of such coatings are described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,953,641, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The interconnected grids are then processed to apply battery paste and the strip is cut to form a plurality of battery plates. Alternatively, the interconnected grids may be cut into a plurality of grids before pasting and stored for later use. One advantageous feature of using a grid such as that described herein in place of expanded metal grids is that while expanded metal grids cannot be pasted with a fixed orifice paster (due to interference of the off-plane twisting wires), stamped grids are not so restricted.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the negative grid 200 has an unpasted thickness of between approximately 0.010 and 0.050 inches. Conventional negative grids produced in an expanded metal process have a strip thickness of between approximately 0.022 inches and 0.035 inches, and an expanded mesh thickness of between approximately 0.030 inches and 0.045 inches. One advantageous feature of providing a battery that uses thinner negative grids is that batteries using such grids may exhibit higher energy density, since less space will be taken up by each negative grid (e.g., additional grids may be added to the battery or the battery may be made smaller).
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One advantageous feature of the exemplary embodiment shown in
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According to an exemplary embodiment, a battery may be produced using both positive and negative plates or grids that are formed in a stamping and/or coining process.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the negative grid according to any of the exemplary embodiments described herein is made from a lead alloy that includes the composition shown in Table 1.
According to another exemplary embodiment, the negative grid according to any of the exemplary embodiments described herein is made from a lead alloy that includes the composition shown in Table 2.
One advantageous feature of forming negative grids in the manner described above is that such grids require less material than grids manufactured in an expanded metal process. As a result, weight and material cost savings may be realized in using grids such as those described above.
It is important to note that the construction and arrangement of the battery grid as shown in the various exemplary embodiments is illustrative only. Although only a few embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail in this disclosure, those skilled in the art who review this disclosure will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible (e.g., variations in sizes, dimensions, structures, shapes and proportions of the various elements, values of parameters, mounting arrangements, use of materials, colors, orientations, etc.) without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of the subject matter disclosed herein. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. The order or sequence of any process or method steps may be varied or re-sequenced according to alternative embodiments. Other substitutions, modifications, changes and omissions may be made in the design, operating conditions and arrangement of the various exemplary embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention.
This application claims priority to and benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/904,404, filed Mar. 2, 2007, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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