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A lightweight, high energy density, secondary cell battery suited for use as a battery filter element in an electrical network, particularly in space mission hardware. A pseudo-bipolar cell configuration with simple, effective electrolyte sealing and low electrical impedance characteristics is inclu

A lightweight, high energy density, secondary cell battery suited for use as a battery filter element in an electrical network, particularly in space mission hardware. A pseudo-bipolar cell configuration with simple, effective electrolyte sealing and low electrical impedance characteristics is included, along with a sequence for fabricating and assembling a preferred cell arrangement.

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Low impedance electrical filter battery apparatus comprising: a peripheral enclosure member; a separation wall member located centrally within said peripheral enclosure member, sealed with said enclosure member at a separation wall perimeter portion, and defining first and second battery cell cavity

Low impedance electrical filter battery apparatus comprising: a peripheral enclosure member; a separation wall member located centrally within said peripheral enclosure member, sealed with said enclosure member at a separation wall perimeter portion, and defining first and second battery cell cavity receptacles within said enclosure member, said separation wall member including a central aperture communicating between said cavity receptacles; a first battery cell electrode of a first electrical polarity located within said first battery cell cavity receptacle adjacent a first face of said separation wall member; a second battery cell electrode of second electrical polarity located within said second battery cell cavity receptacle adjacent the second face of said separation wall member; an electrically conductive connector member coupled with a central portion of said first cell electrode in said first battery cell cavity receptacle, passing through said aperture central of said separation wall member, and attachment coupled with a central portion of said second cell electrode in said second battery cell cavity receptacle; means surrounding said electrically conductive connector member including a resilient member disposed contacting both an external circumference portion of said connector member and the opposed internal periphery of said separation cell central aperture for sealing said connector member with said separation wall member central aperture and precluding electrolyte transfer and electrolyte conducted current flow between said cavity receptacles; a third battery cell electrode of said second electrical polarity located within said first battery cell cavity receptacle adjacent said first electrode; a fourth battery cell electrode of said first electrical polarity located within said second battery cell cavity receptacle adjacent said second electrode; first and second quantities of battery cell electrolyte located intermediate said first and third and said second and fourth electrodes in said first and second cell cavities, respectively; and means for communicating electrical currents with said third and fourth cell electrodes; whereby electrical impedance minimizing electrode radial current flow and short interconnecting lengths are achieved in combination with reliable electrolyte containment and cavity receptacle isolation in a battery of said cells.