IP Library Granted Patent US 9,173,307
Granted Patent B2
US 9,173,307 · App. 13/948,902 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Rack system for power storage battery modules

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Patent No.
US 9,173,307
App. No.
13/948,902
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rack system for power storage battery modules according to the present disclosure includes a rack assembly configured in the form capable of defining an entire accommodation area, where a plurality of battery modules are accommodated in a multi-stage form; and a plurality of rail frames coupled to the multi stages of the rack assembly to support edges of the bottom surface of the battery modules, wherein each of the battery modules has a bottom surface on which rail fixing parts are provided corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the rail frames and have an elastic coupling projection at a location contacting the rail frames, and when the battery modules are installed, the battery modules are pressured toward the rail frames in a vertical direction to couple the rail fixing parts to the rail frames.

Claims (22)

1. A rack system for power storage battery modules, comprising;

a plurality of battery modules;

a rack assembly configured to define a multi-stage area in a vertical direction and accommodate the plurality of battery modules in each stage of the multi-stage area; and

a plurality of rail frames coupled to each stage of the multi-stage area, thereby vertically supporting the battery modules,

wherein rail fixing parts elongated in parallel along a longitodinal direction of the rail frames protrude downwardly from a bottom surface of the battery modules, and

wherein an elastic coupling projection is formed at an end of each of the rail fixing parts to couple the rail fixing parts to the rail frames.

2. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 1 , wherein each of the rail fixing parts of the battery modules is coupled to each of the rail frames by means of snap-fitting.

3. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 2 , wherein the rack assembly and the rail frames define the multi-stage area used for accommodating the battery modules in a multi stage form and have an open side, and

wherein the battery modules are detachable through the open side of each stage of the multi-stage area.

4. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 2 , wherein the rail fixing parts of the battery modules are disposed between the rail frames and have a structure in which the elastic coupling projections protrude outwards.

5. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 2 , wherein the rail fixing parts of the battery modules are disposed at the outside of the rail frames and have a structure in which the elastic coupling projections protrude inwards.

6. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 4 , wherein each of the rail frames has a groove concaving inwards, and the elastic coupling projections are sized to be inserted into the groove of each rail frame.

7. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 1 , wherein the rack assembly includes:

a plurality of vertical rack frames respectively elongated in a vertical direction at four corners of the rack assembly; and

panels attached to an outside of the vertical rack frames,

wherein edges of each of the rail frames are respectively fixed to the vertical rack frames.

8. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 7 , wherein the rack assembly further includes:

a plurality of horizontal rack frames respectively coupled to the vertical rack frames to define a height of each stage of the multi-stage area,

wherein edges of each of the rail frames are respectively fixed to the horizontal rack frames.

9. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 8 , wherein a bottom surface of each rail frame is fixed to the horizontal rack frames,

wherein the battery modules are not detached through an open side of the rack assembly.

10. The rack system for power storage battery modules according to claim 1 , wherein each of the battery modules has a ventilating slot which allows air to flow between a top surface and a bottom surface thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2013
From: LEE, BUM-HYUN; PARK, MI-JUNG
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030864/0958 →