US 12,002,985 B2
Battery cabinet with flame protection/management construction
John McNally, Chicago, IL (US); and Nicholas David Slee, Delaware, OH (US)
Assigned to Vertiv Corporation, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed by Vertiv Corporation, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,662.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,204, filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052416 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/30 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/251 (2021.01); H01M 50/383 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/394 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/251 (2021.01); H01M 50/383 (2021.01); H01M 2200/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery cabinet apparatus having flame and noxious gas management capability, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of parallel arranged vertical frame elements;
a plurality of spaced apart shelves disposed within an interior area of the apparatus;
a plurality of louver panels arranged one above another and coupled to a first pair of the vertical frame elements;
each of the louver panels including:
an upper portion having an upper edge; and
a lower portion disposed below the upper portion and having a lower edge, with the lower portion being inward of the upper portion and angled inwardly relative to the interior area of the apparatus, such that the upper edge of the upper portion of a first one of the louver panels cooperates with the lower edge of the lower portion of a second one of said louver panels disposed immediately above the first one of the louver panels to form a permanent, elongated opening extending between the first pair of vertical frame elements, for exhausting at least one of flames or noxious gasses that develop within the apparatus.