Tiered battery cabinet
AssigneeC&C Power, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Conrardy, Michael Osko, Christopher Heinz
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of mounting storage batteries are presented in which batteries in multiple tiers may be easily accessed for installation and servicing. A battery cabinet or relay rack has provision for multiple tiers of batteries spaced so that batteries may be inserted in each tier. The batteries are supported by a tray or other structure so that they are positioned to permit top access to the battery terminals mounted on the front or front to surfaces of the battery. Tiers are positioned further from the front of the relay rack as the height of the tier increases.
Claims29
A battery mounting apparatus, comprising:
- a vertical support;
- and
- a first and a second horizontal support, each horizontal support configured to be attachable to the vertical support;
- wherein a front part of the first horizontal support is spaced a horizontal distance from the front part of the second horizontal support, and the second horizontal support is spaced a vertical distance from the first horizontal support.
A battery mounting apparatus, comprising:
- a base;
- vertical beams orthogonal to a plane of the base;
- first horizontal beams connecting the vertical beams at sides of the base, the horizontal beams being spaced in a vertical direction;
- and
- second horizontal beams joining opposing first horizontal beams to form a horizontal plane containing the second horizontal beams,
- wherein a front-most beam of the second horizontal beams in each plane is disposed such that a front or a top of a battery disposed on the plane may be accessed from the top.
A battery mounting apparatus, comprising:
- a base;
- vertical supports at two opposing sides of the base;
- a plurality of horizontally disposed trays configured to be attached to the vertical supports;
- and
- a front edge of each tray disposed such that the front edge is further from a front of the base as the tray is a greater vertical distance from the base.
A battery mounting apparatus for mounting on a substantially horizontal floorlike surface, comprising:
- a first and a second pair of substantially parallel vertical uprights, each of said uprights having a top end and a bottom end;
- a base secured to the uprights adjacent to the bottom end of each of the uprights and holding the uprights in a substantially vertical attitude;
- a of longitudinal horizontal support beam connecting each beam of the first and the second pair of uprights and being disposed in a parallel orientation, a plurality of the horizontal support beams being spaced a first vertical distance;
- and
- transverse horizontal support beams connecting each pair of parallel longitudinal support beams, the horizontal spacing between the horizontal support beams being dimensioned so as to provide support for a battery,
- wherein a front-most of the horizontal support beams connected to the pair of longitudinal support beams is spaced a distance in the longitudinal direction from an adjacent front-most horizontal support beam.
A battery mounting apparatus for mounting on a substantially horizontal floorlike surface, comprising:
- a pair of substantially parallel vertical uprights, each of said uprights having a top end and a bottom end;
- a base secured to the uprights adjacent to the bottom end of each of the uprights and holding the uprights in a substantially vertical attitude;
- a first and a second tray adapted to be connected between the vertical uprights,
- wherein a front edge of the second tray is a horizontal distance from a front edge of the first tray, and the second tray is spaced a vertical distance above the first tray.
A method of arranging storage batteries, the method comprising:
- providing one of a relay rack or a cabinet;
- mounting a plurality of trays to vertical supports of the relay rack or cabinet, so that a front edge of a higher tray is rearward of a front edge of a lower tray;
- and
- inserting a plurality of batteries into the first and the second trays.
A method of arranging storage batteries, the method comprising:
- providing a relay rack or cabinet;
- mounting a plurality of transverse supports to vertical supports of the relay rack or cabinet, a first group of the plurality of transverse supports forming a supporting structure for a first battery, a second group of the transverse supports forming a supporting structure for a second battery;
- disposing the first group of transverse supports and the second group of transverse supports so that a front surface of the first battery is closer to a front of the relay rack or cabinet than a front surface of the second battery is to the front of the relay rack or cabinet.
An apparatus for housing storage batteries, comprising:
- first means for supporting a first storage battery;
- and
- second means for supporting a second storage battery, the second means being disposed above the first means;
- wherein the second means is displaced horizontally with respect to the first means so that a front surface of the first battery is closer to a front of a relay rack or cabinet than a front surface of the second battery is to the front of the relay rack or cabinet.
A battery support tray, comprising:
- a horizontal plate of substantially rectangular shape;
- a plate disposed orthogonally to the horizontal plate and attached to the horizontal plate at an edge of the horizontal plate;
- a plurality of holes disposed in the vertical plate, the holes being spaced vertically so as to conform to holes in a support structure, and the holes being spaced in the horizontal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.