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 |
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.
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