US 12,068,635 B2
Modular power system
Marlon Galsim, Shanghai (CN); and Damir Klikic, Waltham, MA (US)
Assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed by SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,556.
Prior Publication US 2023/0369887 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 9/061 (2013.01) [H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/488 (2013.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power system comprising:
a base module including a system management controller (SMC) and a power distribution unit (PDU), the base module further including a base module casing having an L-shaped feature having a first leg with a first edge and a second leg with a second edge, the second edge being perpendicular to the first edge, the second leg further includes a third edge, which is parallel to the first edge of the first leg;
an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) module including a UPS, the UPS module further including a UPS module casing having a reverse L-shaped feature configured to interact and fit within the L-shaped feature of the base module casing, the UPS module casing including a shorter leg having a first outer edge and a second inner edge that faces the third edge of the second leg of the base module casing and a longer leg having a third edge that faces the second edge of the second leg of the base module casing and a fourth edge that faces the first edge of the first leg of the base module casing; and
a battery module including a battery, the battery module further including a battery module casing including an outer edge configured to face the first outer edge of the shorter leg of the UPS module casing.
 
19. A method of assembling a power system, the method comprising:
providing an integrated system management controller (SMC) and power distribution unit (PDU) base module including a SMC and a PDU, the base module including a base module casing having an L-shaped feature having a first leg with a first edge and a second leg with a second edge, the second edge being perpendicular to the first edge, the second leg further including a third edge, which is parallel to the first edge of the first leg;
installing an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) module on the base module, the UPS module including a UPS, the UPS module further including a UPS module casing having a reverse L-shaped feature configured to interact and fit within the L-shaped feature of the base module casing, the UPS module casing including a shorter leg having a first outer edge and a second inner edge that faces the third edge of the second leg of the base module casing and a longer leg having a third edge that faces the second edge of the second leg of the base module casing and a fourth edge that faces the first edge of the first leg of the base module casing; and
connecting a battery module to the UPS module in a direction perpendicular to the first edge of the first leg of the base module casing, the battery module including a battery, the battery module further including a battery module casing including an outer edge configured to face the first outer edge of the shorter leg of the UPS module casing.
 
31. The power system of claim 1, wherein the battery module is detachable from UPS module in a direction perpendicular to the first outer edge of the UPS module casing.