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.
Claims17
A storage battery mounting system for an uninterruptable power supply, comprising:
- an equipment cabinet;
- and
- a plurality of support structures, each support structure configured to accept a plurality of storage batteries horizontally disposed in a single row, each of the support structures attached to the equipment cabinet,
- wherein a position of a front part of a first support structure of the plurality of support structures is disposed closer to a front part of the equipment cabinet than a position of a corresponding part of an adjacent second support structure of the plurality of support structures spaced a vertical distance above the first support structure;
- a position of a front part of a third support structure of the plurality of support structures disposed adjacent to the second support structure is further from a front part of the equipment cabinet than a position of a corresponding part of the second support structure of the plurality of support structures and spaced a vertical distance above the second support structure, such that the vertical distance between the first support structure and the second support structure and between the second support structure and the third support structure is sufficient to permit a storage battery to be slid into place horizontally therebetween;
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- wherein the position of the front part of the second support structure respect to the front part of the first support structure provides access from above to terminals of batteries installed on the first support structure;
- the terminals of the batteries being positioned at an end of the battery closest to a front of the equipment cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.