1. In combination, a battery case and a battery terminal configured to be secured to a battery case comprising:
a terminal assembly extending along a main axis and including an insert having a threaded bore and an outer metal portion-having a base with an annular flange configured to engage an inner surface of the case;
a ring configured to be disposed over said terminal assembly; and
an anti-rotation system including a first set of angularly-spaced bosses with intervening slots formed on an outer surface of the case, a second set of angularly-spaced bosses with intervening slots on a first axial side of said ring facing said case and which are complementary with said first set of bosses and slots, and a set of recesses on a second axial side of said ring opposite said first axial side configured to receive portions of said terminal assembly.
2. A battery terminal configured to be secured to a battery case comprising:
a terminal assembly extending along a main axis and including a stainless steel insert having a threaded bore and an outer metal portion having a base with an annular flange configured to engage an inner surface of the case;
a ring configured to be disposed over said terminal assembly;
an anti-rotation system including a first set of angularly-spaced bosses with intervening slots formed on an outer surface of the case, a second set of angularly-spaced bosses with intervening slots on a first side of said ring facing said case and which are complementary with said first set of bosses and slots, and a set of recesses on a second side of said ring opposite said first side configured to receive portions of said terminal assembly;
a sealing system, said sealing system comprising,
an annular groove circumferentially-extending in said flange on a side configured to engage said inner surface of said case,
an elastomeric seal configured to be disposed in said groove to form a seal between said inner surface of said case and said terminal assembly; and
a sealant material comprising a hot melt material disposed between said first side of said ring and said case; and
communication means for allowing a fluid to communicate between an interior of said case and said groove, wherein said communication means comprises a plurality of radially oriented bores extending from a radially outer surface of said base of said terminal assembly to said groove.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A stent-graft comprising:
a first sinusoidal ring comprising a series of peaks and valleys;
a second diamond ring comprising a series of connected diamond shaped structures, a number of said connected diamond shaped structures of said second diamond ring being greater than a number of said valleys, a height of said first sinusoidal ring being greater than a height of said second diamond ring;
spring elements coupling said first sinusoidal ring to said second diamond ring, said spring elements being coupled to all of said valleys, wherein said first sinusoidal ring, said second diamond ring and said spring elements are integral; and
a graft material coupled to said second diamond ring only.
2. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said stent comprises a memory metal.
3. The stent-graft of claim 2 wherein said memory metal comprises nickel titanium alloy.
4. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said spring elements allow said first sinusoidal ring to be bent relative to said second diamond ring.
5. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said spring elements are in a straight line pattern.
6. The stent-graft of claim 5 wherein said spring elements comprise straight connectors extending between said first sinusoidal ring and said second diamond ring.
7. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said spring elements are in an S-pattern.
8. The stent-graft of claim 7 wherein said spring elements comprise two opposing bends extending between said first sinusoidal ring and said second diamond ring.
9. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said spring elements are in a pattern of two S-patterns connected by a strut.
10. The stent-graft of claim 9 wherein said spring elements comprise:
first S-shaped connectors;
second S-shaped connectors; and
struts extending between said first S-shaped connectors and said second S-shaped connectors.
11. The stent-graft of claim 10 wherein said struts are straight struts.
12. The stent-graft of claim 10 wherein said struts are wave struts.
13. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said spring elements are in a sinusoidal pattern.
14. The stent-graft of claim 13 wherein said spring elements comprise a series of opposing bends.
15. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said spring elements are in an offset S-pattern.
16. The stent-graft of claim 15 wherein said spring elements comprise:
S-shaped structures; and
bent struts coupled to said S-shaped structures.
17. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein said spring elements are in a series S-pattern.
18. The stent-graft of claim 17 wherein said spring elements comprise a series of S-shaped structures.
19. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein there are three of said connected diamond shaped structures for every one of said valleys.
20. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein a ratio of said height of said first sinusoidal ring to said height of said second diamond ring is about 4:3.
21. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein a ratio of said height of said first sinusoidal ring to said height of said second diamond ring is about 25:18.
22. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein a ratio of said height of said first sinusoidal ring to said height of said second diamond ring is about 15:11.
23. The stent-graft of claim 1 wherein a ratio of said height of said first sinusoidal ring to said height of said second diamond ring is about 28:21.
24. A stent-graft comprising:
a first sinusoidal ring comprising a series of peaks and valleys;
a second diamond ring comprising a series of connected diamond shaped structures, a number of said connected diamond shaped structures of said second diamond ring being greater than a number of said valleys, a height of said first sinusoidal ring being greater than a height of said second diamond ring;
means for bending said first sinusoidal ring relative to said second diamond ring, said means for bending being coupled to all of said valleys, wherein said first sinusoidal ring, said second diamond ring and said means for bending are integral; and
a graft material coupled to said second diamond ring only.
25. A stent-graft comprising:
a first ring comprising a series of peaks and valleys;
a second ring comprising a series of connected diamond shaped structures, a number of said connected diamond shaped structures of said second ring being greater than a number of said valleys, a height of said first ring being greater than a height of said second ring;
spring elements coupling said first ring to said second ring, wherein said first ring, said second ring and said spring elements are integral; and
a graft material coupled to said second ring only.
26. The stent-graft of claim 25 wherein said first ring is a first sinusoidal ring.
27. The stent-graft of claim 26 wherein said second ring is a second diamond ring.
28. The stent-graft of claim 25 further comprising sutures coupling said graft material to said second ring.
29. A method comprising:
applying bending force to a stent-graft to bend a first ring of a stent of said stent-graft relative to a second ring of said stent, said applying causing spring elements between said first ring and said second ring to become distorted, wherein most of said bending occurs in said spring elements without collapse of said first ring and said second ring, wherein said first ring comprising a series of peaks and valleys and said second ring comprising a series of connected diamond shaved structures, a number of said connected diamond shaped structures of said second ring being greater than a number of said valleys, a height of said first ring being greater than a height of said second ring;
providing fixation above the renal arteries with said first ring; and
providing sealing at a proximal end of a graft material of said stent-graft with said second ring, said graft material coupled to said second ring only.
30. The method of claim 29 wherein said distorting comprises stretching a first spring element of said spring elements.
31. The method of claim 29 wherein said distorting comprises compressing a first spring element of said spring elements.
32. The method of claim 29 further comprising removing said bending force, said spring elements causing said stent-graft to return to a relaxed state of said stent-graft.