US 11,730,986 B2
Storage and charging system for hazardous products
Dennis Atkinson, Ferndale, MI (US); and Ronald Butler, West Bloomfield, MI (US)
Assigned to E-CELL SECURE, L.L.C., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by E-CELL SECURE, L.L.C., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/682,786.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,573, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0147427 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. A62C 2/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); A62C 37/08 (2006.01); A62C 3/16 (2006.01); A62C 37/36 (2006.01); A62C 37/44 (2006.01); A62C 35/10 (2006.01); A62C 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 2/065 (2013.01) [A62C 3/16 (2013.01); A62C 35/10 (2013.01); A62C 37/04 (2013.01); A62C 37/08 (2013.01); A62C 37/44 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); A62C 3/002 (2013.01); A62C 3/14 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a housing unit having an interior volume;
one or more doors coupled to the housing unit for providing access to the interior volume;
an electrical connection configured to transmit electricity one or both of into or out of the interior volume one or both of to or from multiple batteries received through the one or more doors and contained in the interior volume;
a ventilation system for directing gasses and heat produced during a thermal event out of the interior volume, the thermal event being associated with one of the multiple batteries;
a sensor for detecting the thermal event; and
a processing device configured to receive thermal event information from the sensor and determine whether the thermal event has occurred according to the thermal event information, the processing device being further configured to, in response to determining that the thermal event has occurred, cause one or more of an alarm system to provide an alarm or a communication system to transmit a signal to an external device.