Battery storage system
AssigneeDouglas Battery Manufacturing Company
InventorRussell L. Miller
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Abstract
The invention includes a storage rack for storing an array of battery cells in an uninterrupted power source (UPS). The rack at least meets the seismic testing requirements of NEBS GR-63-CORE (Issue 2 Apr. 2002). The rack includes a base module having pair of spaced end supports. Each end support includes opposed vertical frame members, opposed horizontal frame members, and a plate extending substantially continuously therebetween. At least one rail and a plurality of shelves extend between the end supports. The rail and shelves are welded to the end supports. The rack further includes at least one stack module configured to be stacked atop the base module and removably connected to the base module.
Claims22
A storage rack used for storing an array of battery cells in an uninterrupted power source that at least meets the seismic testing requirements of NEBS GR-63-CORE (Issue 2, Apr. 2002), the rack comprising:
- (a) a pair of opposed end supports, each end support comprising opposed vertical frame members, opposed horizontal upper and lower frame members, and a web extending substantially between the entire length of the vertical frame members and substantially between the entire length of the upper and lower horizontal frame members, the vertical frame members and horizontal frame members being permanently affixed to the web;
- (b) a rail extending between the front and rear sides of the lower end of the opposed end supports, both the rails and the lower frame members of the opposed end supports including a plurality of holes through which concrete expansion anchors pass for anchoring the storage rack to a foundation;
- (c) a plurality of shelves extending between the end supports;
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- (d) wherein the shelves and the rail are welded to the end supports.
A modular rack for supporting a plurality of battery cells in spaced arrangement in an uninterrupted power source that at least meets the seismic testing requirements of NEBS GR-63-CORE (Issue 2, Apr. 2005), the rack comprising:
- (a) a base module configured to receive and support a first group of battery cells in a first spaced array, the base module comprising:
- (i) a pair of opposed end supports, each end support comprising opposed vertical frame members, opposed horizontal upper and lower frame members, and a web extending substantially between the entire length of the vertical frame members and substantially between the entire length of the upper and lower horizontal frame members, the vertical frame members and horizontal frame members being permanently affixed to the web;
- (ii) a rail extending between the front and rear sides of the lower end of the opposed end supports, both the rails and the lower frame members of the opposed end supports including a plurality of holes through which concrete expansion anchors pass for anchoring the storage rack to a foundation;
- (iii) a plurality of shelves extending between the end supports;
- (iv) wherein the shelves and rail are welded to the end supports;
- (b) a first stack module configured to receive and support a second group of battery cells in a second spaced array;
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- (c) wherein the first stack module is configured to be stacked atop the base module and to be removably connected thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.