Flexible folding battery cover and method for producing same

• Main Authors: BOEHME AXEL, FITZGERALD GERALD, STUCKEY GRAYDON, STUCKEY ERIC, GAYTAN LUCERO GUZMAN, RASEGAN TONY, KNAPP RAINER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.08.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

The invention relates to a flexible folding battery cover and a method for producing the same. One battery cover described herein includes a single sheet of material formed into a substantially rectangular box shape with an opening formed along one side, the rectangular box shape capable of being folded into a flattened shape for transportation and the material including a flexible laminate of at least one layer of synthetic fiber and a polymer film layer. The material has a thickness and other properties such that when the battery cover is unfolded, the material substantially maintains the rectangular box shape, and when the battery cover is folded into the flattened shape, the material maintains a spring force such that, unless restrained, the battery cover would unfold to the rectangular box shape.