Safety battery pack and protective enclosure to reduce battery fire or explosion damage
A protective metal enclosure box for lithium batteries that includes batteries subject to fire and explosion comprising a rigid metal covered box that includes an aluminum honeycomb grid core mesh that can receive multiple individual batteries spaced apart from each other and protected from each other thermally and from explosion. The protective battery pack box includes a pair of printed circuit boards for interacting with the batteries for transmitting voltage and amperage outside of said battery pack.
1. A metal rigin rectangular box, for safely providing a lithium batter pack and enhancing the safety of lithium battery usage for powering an Emergency Locator Trasmitter (ELT) in an aircarft to significantly reduce any damage from a battery event such as fire or a battery explosion, having a removable metal rigid rectangular cover, said metal box being fire-proof and explosion resistant from the inside outwardly, said rectangular box and cover form an enclosure;
a lithium multiple safety battery pack, having electrical output power in amp-hours power required to power an ELT, mounted inside said rectangular box enclosure; said lithium multiple safety battery pack including a pair of printed circuit boards and an aluminum honeycomb grid core mesh having a plurality of thermally insulating, individual chambers, each chamber sized to receive a separate lithium batter smaller in volume, diameter, and height, than a standard D sized lithium battery capable of producing one half the amp-hours required to power an ELT, between the printed circuit boards, said multiple smaller volume than D size individual lithium batteries, having less lithium per battery, having output power in amp-hours equal to two standard size D lithium batteries, in the event of an internal battery fire or explosion, the safety on the impact environment around the battery pack and rigid metal box is greatly enhanced using more lithium batteries, each battery containing less volume of lithium,
wherein the lithium batteries in the battery pack are electrically connected to an emergency local tranmistter (ELT) in an aircraft.
2. A metal rigid rectangular box for safely providing a lithium battery pack as in claim 1 , including:
at least 11 lithium batteries, together having output electrical power required in amp-hours to power an ELT, each battery smaller in volume, diameter and height, than a D sized lithium battery, each smaller lithium battery with less lithium per battery, each lithium battery mounted separately in each thermally insulated battery pack chamber, said 11 lithium batteries having the electrical power equivalent to 2 D size lithium batteries to reduce the fire or explosive effect of a single defective lithium battery inside said battery pack.