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Abstract

Battery parts, such as battery terminals and bushings providing both top and front access for connection, and associated methods of manufacture and use are described herein. In one embodiment, a battery terminal can include one or more features for interlocking or engaging the adjacent battery container material to prevent or reduce separation between the battery part and the container material and prevent or reduce acid leakage. In one embodiment, the engagement feature can include raised, parallel lips, rims or flanges that extend upwardly along outer edges of a groove or channel formed in a surface of the battery part. The flanges can be deformed by a tool or otherwise so that they bend inwardly toward each other to at least partially close off the opening to the channel. When battery container material flows into the channel and hardens, it forms a bead or elongate bulb that interlocks and engages the battery part.

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First Claim