Underground battery vault system for communications applications
OwnerThomas A. Ostermaninventor
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Abstract
A vault system for batteries that supply a battery power signal to an electronic device. The vault system comprises an outer enclosure assembly that contains the batteries. Power cables extend from the outer enclosure assembly to the electronic device. The vault system protects the batteries and related electronics, removes fluid from within the outer enclosure assembly, and/or allows the status of the vault system to be accessed remotely.
Claims12
A vault system for batteries that supply a battery power signal to an electronic device, comprising:
- an outer enclosure assembly defining an outer chamber, where the batteries are arranged within the outer chamber;
- an inner enclosure assembly arranged within the outer chamber, where the inner enclosure assembly defines at least one inner chamber;
- control equipment associated with supplying the battery power signal to the electronic device, where at least a portion of the control equipment is located within the at least one inner chamber;
- at least one electrical cable associated with supplying the battery power signal to the electronic device, where the at least one electrical cable extends from the at least one inner chamber to the outer chamber;
- and
- a sealing system arranged to seal the at least one inner chamber such that fluid within the outer chamber is substantially prevented from reaching the at least one inner chamber.
A vault system for batteries that supply a battery power signal to an electronic device, comprising:
- an outer enclosure assembly defining an outer chamber, where the batteries are arranged within the outer chamber;
- a blower assembly arranged within the outer enclosure member;
- a conduit operably extending between the outer enclosure assembly and a termination location;
- at least one electrical cable extending between the outer chamber and the termination location through the conduit, where the at least one electrical cable carries the battery power signal;
- a blower hose extending between the blower assembly and the termination location through the conduit;
- whereby
- operation of the blower assembly circulates air from the termination location to the outer chamber through the conduit and out of the outer chamber to the termination location through the blower hose.
A vault system for batteries that supply a battery power signal to an electronic device, comprising:
- an outer enclosure assembly defining an outer chamber, where the batteries are arranged within the outer chamber;
- a pump assembly arranged within the outer enclosure member;
- a pump hose operatively connected between the pump assembly and a disposal location;
- a pump control circuit for controlling operation of the pump assembly, where the pump control circuit
- periodically operates the pump assembly such that fluid at the bottom of the outer enclosure assembly is forced through the pump hose to the disposal location, and
- monitors a pump current drawn by the pump assembly to determine at least one characteristic of the pump selected from the group consisting of determining whether the pump is working and determining whether the pump is loaded.
A vault system for batteries that supply a battery power signal to an electronic device, comprising:
- an outer enclosure assembly defining an outer chamber, where the batteries are arranged within the outer chamber and access to the outer enclosure assembly is restricted;
- control equipment located in the outer chamber for generating vault data indicative of at least one characteristic associated with the vault system;
- a data transmission module arranged at an accessible location;
- a first data transmission system that allows transfer of data between the control equipment and the data transmission module;
- a data acquisition device;
- and
- a second data transmission system that allows transfer of data between the data transmission module and the data acquisition device;
- whereby
- vault data is transmitted to the data acquisition device through the first data transmission system, the data transmission module, and the second data transmission system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.