Battery cabinet
View Patent ↗This application discloses a battery cabinet. A drain assembly is disposed at the bottom of a cabinet body of the battery cabinet. The drain assembly includes a drain valve. A valve spool and a magnetic object are disposed in the drain valve. The valve spool is movably disposed in the drain valve and has a first state of sealing the drain valve or a second state of opening the drain valve. The magnetic object generates a magnetic force to keep the valve spool in the first state, and the valve spool stays in the second state when a downward force applied to the valve spool is greater than a preset value. Therefore, draining is started when the water accumulated on the valve spool reaches a specified weight, and a new valve spool is automatically closed after the water is drained.
1. A battery cabinet, comprising:
a cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body is configured to accommodate battery cells; and
a drain assembly, wherein the drain assembly is disposed in a drain outlet at the bottom of the cabinet body, the drain assembly comprises a drain valve, a base, and a first seal ring, the drain valve communicates with the drain outlet and is detachably mounted on the base, the drain valve is hermetically connected to an upper surface of the base via the first seal ring, the base is fixedly connected to the bottom of the cabinet body, a first boss is disposed on the upper surface of the base, and the first boss is configured to protect the first seal ring.
2. The battery cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the first boss is provided in plurality on the upper surface of the base, and the plurality of first bosses are uniformly distributed around the drain valve in a circumferential direction of the drain valve.
3. The battery cabinet according to claim 2 , wherein the drain valve comprises a valve spool and a guide rod; and
the valve spool movably fits around the guide rod, the guide rod is provided with a magnetic object, the magnetic object generates a magnetic force to drive the valve spool to close the drain valve, and the drain valve is opened when a downward force applied to the valve spool is greater than a preset value.
4. The battery cabinet according to claim 2 , wherein the drain assembly further comprises a cover plate and a second seal ring; and
the top of the drain valve overlaps with the edge of the drain outlet, the cover plate abuts against the top of the drain valve, and the cover plate and the top of the drain valve are hermetically connected via the second seal ring.
5. The battery cabinet according to claim 2 , wherein a second boss is further disposed at the edge of the upper surface of the base, the first bosses are arranged around the drain valve, and the first seal ring is located within an area surrounded by the first bosses.
6. The battery cabinet according to claim 2 , wherein the cabinet body comprises a bottom plate and side plates, and the bottom plate is located at the bottom of the cabinet body; and
the bottom plate is provided with the drain outlet, the bottom plate further has a conical diverting structure, the drain outlet is disposed in the middle of the conical diverting structure, and in a direction along the periphery of the conical diverting structure toward the middle of the conical diverting structure, the conical diverting structure has a decreasing height, so that water is diverted to the drain outlet.
7. The battery cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the drain assembly further comprises a cover plate and a second seal ring; and
the top of the drain valve overlaps with the edge of the drain outlet, the cover plate abuts against the top of the drain valve, and the cover plate and the top of the drain valve are hermetically connected via the second seal ring.
8. The battery cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein the drain valve comprises a valve spool assembly and a drain valve casing, the valve spool assembly is disposed in the drain valve casing, the drain valve casing is a cylindrical structure, the top of the cylindrical structure is provided with a folded-out flange, and the flange overlaps with the edge of the drain outlet.
9. The battery cabinet according to claim 8 , wherein height of the first boss is less than the sum of thickness of the flange, original thickness of the first seal ring, and original thickness of the second seal ring.
10. The battery cabinet according to claim 9 , wherein the drain valve and the base are detachably connected via a bolt; and
an upper end surface of the first boss is provided with a threaded hole that fits with the bolt, and a tail end of the bolt runs through the cover plate and is connected to the threaded hole, so that the cover plate, the second seal ring, the drain valve, the first seal ring, and the base are connected.
11. The battery cabinet according to claim 8 , wherein the drain valve and the base are detachably connected via a bolt; and
an upper end surface of the first boss is provided with a threaded hole that fits with the bolt, and a tail end of the bolt runs through the cover plate and is connected to the threaded hole, so that the cover plate, the second seal ring, the drain valve, the first seal ring, and the base are connected.
12. The battery cabinet according to claim 8 , wherein the first seal ring has an O-shaped cross section, and the second seal ring has a rectangular cross section.
13. The battery cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein the drain valve and the base are detachably connected via a bolt; and
an upper end surface of the first boss is provided with a threaded hole that fits with the bolt, and a tail end of the bolt runs through the cover plate and is connected to the threaded hole, so that the cover plate, the second seal ring, the drain valve, the first seal ring, and the base are connected.
14. The battery cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein the first seal ring has an O-shaped cross section, and the second seal ring has a rectangular cross section.
15. The battery cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein a second boss is further disposed at the edge of the upper surface of the base, the first bosses are arranged around the drain valve, and the first seal ring is located within an area surrounded by the first bosses.
16. The battery cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein the cabinet body comprises a bottom plate and side plates, and the bottom plate is located at the bottom of the cabinet body; and
the bottom plate is provided with the drain outlet, the bottom plate further has a conical diverting structure, the drain outlet is disposed in the middle of the conical diverting structure, and in a direction along the periphery of the conical diverting structure toward the middle of the conical diverting structure, the conical diverting structure has a decreasing height, so that water is diverted to the drain outlet.
17. The battery cabinet according to claim 7 , wherein the drain valve comprises a valve spool and a guide rod; and
the valve spool movably fits around the guide rod, the guide rod is provided with a magnetic object, the magnetic object generates a magnetic force to drive the valve spool to close the drain valve, and the drain valve is opened when a downward force applied to the valve spool is greater than a preset value.
18. The battery cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein a second boss is further disposed at the edge of the upper surface of the base, the first bosses are arranged around the drain valve, and the first seal ring is located within an area surrounded by the first bosses.
19. The battery cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the cabinet body comprises a bottom plate and side plates, and the bottom plate is located at the bottom of the cabinet body; and
the bottom plate is provided with the drain outlet, the bottom plate further has a conical diverting structure, the drain outlet is disposed in the middle of the conical diverting structure, and in a direction along the periphery of the conical diverting structure toward the middle of the conical diverting structure, the conical diverting structure has a decreasing height, so that water is diverted to the drain outlet.
20. The battery cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the drain valve comprises a valve spool and a guide rod; and
the valve spool movably fits around the guide rod, the guide rod is provided with a magnetic object, the magnetic object generates a magnetic force to drive the valve spool to close the drain valve, and the drain valve is opened when a downward force applied to the valve spool is greater than a preset value.