Louver design for battery backup units
AssigneeBaidu USA LLC
InventorsShuai Shao, Tianyi Gao
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a battery backup unit (BBU) with a louver design includes a container, a battery module having one or more battery cells, a first louver at a frontend of the container, a second louver at a backend of the container, and a control mechanism that is coupled to both the first and second louvers and is configured to open and close the louvers. Also, the battery module and the control mechanism are disposed within the container. In another embodiment, a BBU shelf with a similar louver design that includes one or more battery modules may be implemented within an electronic rack.
Claims20
A battery backup unit (BBU), comprising:
- a container;
- a battery module having one or more battery cells configured to provide battery energy to a load and configured to draw power from an external power supply to charge the battery cells;
- a first louver at a frontend of the container;
- a second louver at a backend of the container;
- and
- a control mechanism that is coupled to both the first and second louvers and is configured to open and close the louvers, wherein the battery module and the control mechanism are disposed within the container.
An electronic rack, comprising:
- a plurality of pieces of Information Technology (IT) equipment, at least one of the pieces of IT equipment including one or more servers to provide data processing services;
- a power supply unit coupled to the plurality of pieces of IT equipment;
- and
- a battery backup unit (BBU) shelf to provide backup power to the pieces of IT equipment when the power supply unit is unavailable, wherein the BBU shelf including a container,
- one or more battery modules that each have one or more battery cells configured to provide battery energy to the pieces of IT equipment and configured to draw power from the power supply to charge the battery cells,
- a first louver at a front end of the container,
- a second louver at a back end of the container,
- a control mechanism that is coupled to both the first and second louvers and is configured to open and close the louvers,
- wherein the one or more battery modules and the control mechanism are disposed within the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.