Watertight marine battery
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorSteven J. Gonring
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Abstract
A marine battery system configured to provide energy to a marine vessel load is provided. The marine battery system includes a main enclosure body and an auxiliary enclosure body that is detachably coupled to the main enclosure body to define a sealed battery volume. The auxiliary enclosure body is configured to perform a pressure accommodation action responsive to an increase in a temperature within the sealed battery volume. The marine battery system further includes a battery disposed within the sealed battery volume.
Claims16
A marine battery system configured to provide energy to a marine vessel load, comprising:
- a main enclosure body;
- an auxiliary enclosure body coupled to the main enclosure body to define a sealed battery volume, the auxiliary enclosure body configured to perform a pressure accommodation action responsive to an increase in a temperature within the sealed battery volume;
- a battery disposed within the sealed battery volume;
- a temperature sensor configured to detect temperature within the sealed battery volume and a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure within the sealed battery volume;
- a controller configured to:
- receive temperature information from the temperature sensor and pressure information from the pressure sensor;
- and
- detect an enclosure breach, wherein the enclosure breach comprises an opening in the sealed battery volume, based only on a comparison of a current pressure and a current temperature within the sealed battery volume either to an expected pressure for the sealed battery volume at the current temperature or an expected temperature for the sealed battery volume at the current pressure, accounting for the pressure accommodation action.
A marine battery system configured to provide energy to a marine vessel load, comprising:
- a battery;
- a main enclosure body;
- an auxiliary enclosure body that is detachably coupled to the main enclosure body;
- and
- wherein the battery is fully encapsulated within a sealed battery volume within the main enclosure body and the auxiliary enclosure body;
- wherein an increase in a temperature within the sealed battery volume causes the sealed battery volume to expand within the auxiliary enclosure body to compensate for an increase in a pressure within the sealed battery volume;
- a temperature sensor configured to detect temperature within the sealed battery volume and a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure within the sealed battery volume;
- a controller configured to:
- receive temperature information from the temperature sensor and pressure information from the pressure sensor;
- and
- detect an enclosure breach, wherein the enclosure breach comprises an opening in the sealed battery volume, based only on a comparison of a current pressure and a current temperature within the sealed battery volume either to an expected pressure for sealed battery volume at the current temperature or an expected temperature for the sealed battery volume at the current pressure, accounting for the pressure accommodation action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.