KR102313994B1 - Battery storage unit and battery storage room - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a battery storage device and a battery storage room. Provided are a battery storage device and a battery storage room equipped with the battery storage device for each cell, wherein the battery storage device includes: a case which has opened front and rear surfaces; an inner panel provided in the case; a back cover hinged to opened one surface of the case to open and close one surface of the case; a tilting panel provided to be tilted in the case and having a roller on the upper part thereof to discharge a battery while idling; a thermal sensor unit which is provided on the inner panel and is cut off when the battery reaches a set temperature; and a wire connecting the thermal sensor unit and the back cover.

Description

Battery storage unit and battery storage room

The present invention relates to a battery storage device and a battery storage room, and more particularly, to a battery storage device and a battery storage room that allow the battery to be charged or stored when the battery is not in use.

In general, the battery may be mounted in most devices that require power, and the larger the battery capacity, the higher the energy density.

On the other hand, drones can receive power by mounting a battery, and when used for agricultural, commercial, military purposes, etc., a large-capacity battery with high energy density can be used, and the large-capacity battery can be expensive.

Using drones for agriculture as an example, it can be used for spraying pesticides, and multiple large-capacity batteries can be prepared with plenty of room depending on the size of farmland and the amount of work.

In addition, these drones are frequently used during the busy season, but during the off-season, the battery is separated from the drone and stored.

In other words, agricultural drones are stored for several months without use during the off-season, and at this time, the battery needs to be separated from the drone and stored separately.

However, the person who manages the battery may be a person who does not have much knowledge about the battery, and if the storage method is wrong, a problem of a sudden decrease in battery life may occur.

In addition, while the battery is stored, it can be charged by connecting a commercial power source, but due to an unknown cause, the overcharge prevention protection circuit does not work and a fire may occur.

In addition, even if the battery is simply stored without being charged, residual power may remain in the battery, and such power may cause a fire.

In particular, in the case of a high-capacity battery with high energy density, when a fire occurs, it is difficult to extinguish it with a general fire extinguisher, so it has no choice but to wait until it is extinguished naturally.

On the other hand, as known through prior art documents, the conventional battery storage technology is equipped with a temperature sensor in the battery storage device, installs a cooling device such as a fan or an air nozzle, and when the set temperature is reached, the temperature sensor is high It detects and activates the cooling device.

However, as described above, a high-capacity battery with high energy density has a characteristic that fire occurs while rapidly rising in a short time when the temperature rises. There is a problem.

In addition, if a fire occurs in the battery storage device, various sensors and electrical/electronic devices may be damaged due to high temperature, which may make it difficult to operate even the cooling device normally. There is a problem that could be this.

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1779187 Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1704359 Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1706717 Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0088189 Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1970236

Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and if the temperature of the battery increases for an unknown reason while storing a large-capacity battery with high energy density, it is physically corresponding before a fire occurs. An object of the present invention is to provide a battery storage device and a battery storage room that forcibly discharge a battery to protect other batteries.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a battery storage device and a battery storage chamber that can ensure operation reliability by detecting a set temperature and automatically operating without using any electrical energy when forcibly discharging the battery. is to provide

The present invention for achieving the above object, the front and rear case is opened; an inner panel provided in the case; a back cover hinged to the open surface of the case to open and close one surface of the case; a tilting panel provided so as to be tilted in the case and having a roller on its upper portion for discharging the battery while rotating idle; a thermal sensor unit provided on the inner panel and cut off when the battery reaches a set temperature; It may be configured as a battery storage device including; a wire connecting the thermal sensor unit and the back cover.

In addition, a step portion provided with a thermal sensor unit may be formed on the inner panel, and a cutout through which a wire connecting the thermal sensor unit and the back cover passes may be formed at a boundary portion between the step portion and the inner panel, and the thermal sensor unit may be formed on the step portion A second wire for connecting and constraining the unit to the step may be provided.

In addition, a torsion spring for rotating the back cover to the outside of the case may be provided at the hinge coupling portion of the case and the back cover.

In addition, a stopper for supporting and supporting the tilting panel may be provided on the back cover to protrude, and the stopper on which the tilting panel is supported has an inclined surface inclined downward to the inside of the case, and the tilting panel is provided to be inclined as the back cover is rotated. can be

In addition, the stopper may be provided at a height at which the tilting panel is horizontal or inclined toward the back cover when the tilting panel is supported and supported.

In addition, the present invention for achieving the above object, the battery storage device as described above; A rack unit in which a plurality of cells are provided in the horizontal and vertical directions while a battery storage device is installed in each cell; It may be configured as a battery storage room including; a fire extinguishing unit provided on one side of the rack unit in which the back cover of the battery storage device is located to receive the battery discharged from the battery storage device to lower the temperature and cut off the oxygen supply.

In addition, the fire extinguishing unit may include a fire extinguishing tank filled with fire extinguishing material to the extent that the battery is submerged, and the fire extinguishing material may include coolant or cooling oil.

In addition, as another example, a plurality of rack units may be provided around the fire extinguishing unit.

According to the battery storage device and the battery storage room of the present invention, it is possible to safely protect the remaining batteries other than the corresponding battery by forcibly discharging a battery that may cause a fire due to an abnormally increasing temperature among a plurality of batteries, thereby reducing loss. This has the advantage of being minimized.

In addition, according to the present invention, the power for detecting or operating the temperature has an advantage in that operation reliability can be ensured by using pure mechanical energy without using electrical energy.

1 is a block diagram of a battery storage device according to the present invention.
2 is an exploded view of a battery storage device according to the present invention.
3 is a side configuration diagram of a battery storage device according to the present invention.
4 is a view of a state in which the support cover of the battery storage device according to the present invention is rotated.
5 is a view showing a state in which the battery is forcibly discharged from the battery storage device according to the present invention.
6 is a configuration diagram of a battery storage room in which the battery storage device according to the present invention is configured.
7 is a view showing a state in which the battery is discharged from the storage device of the battery storage room according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms used in the present invention are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user or operator, so the definitions of these terms correspond to the technical matters of the present invention and should be interpreted as a concept.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention do not limit the scope of the present invention, but are merely exemplary matters of the constituent elements presented in the claims of the present invention, and are included in the technical spirit throughout the specification of the present invention and the scope of the claims. It is an embodiment including a substitutable component as an equivalent in the component.

In addition, optional terms in the examples below are used to distinguish one component from other components, and the components are not limited by the terms.

Accordingly, in describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of related known technologies that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

1 to 7 are views showing a battery storage device and a battery storage room according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 , the battery storage device 100 according to the present invention includes a case 110 , an inner panel 120 , a back cover 130 , a tilting panel 140 , and a thermal sensor unit 124 . ), and first and second wires 125 and 126 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the case 110 is provided in a box shape in which the front and rear surfaces are open and the remaining surfaces are covered and closed.

In addition, one panel constituting one side of both sides constituting the case 110 is detachably provided by being assembled to the opposite panel.

In addition, a through hole is formed in the bottom surface of the case 110 so that the tilting panel 140 to be described later can be inclined at a sufficient inclination, and the tilting panel 140 is automatically connected to the battery B by the through hole. It is inclined at a slope that can slide and be ejected.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the inner panel 120 is provided as a panel installed so as to be installed parallel to both side plates of the case 110 inside the case 110 . Such an inner panel 120 is provided to be fastened and fixed in a state in close contact with the inner wall of the case 110 .

In addition, a stepped portion 121 protruding stepwise toward the inner wall of the case 110 is formed on the inner panel 120 , and the stepped portion 121 is a region in which the inner panel 120 is divided into three vertical and vertical directions. It corresponds to the panel in the middle region, and the panel in the middle region is protruded outward than the panels in both regions to form the stepped portion 121 .

Due to the stepped portion 121 , the inner panel 120 before and after the stepped portion 121 forms an operating space spaced apart from the inner wall of the case 110 .

On the other hand, a cutout 122 through which the first wire 125 to be described later can be drawn out toward the back cover 130 is formed at the boundary between the inner panel 120 and the step 121 formed therein, that is, at the bent portion. .

And, on both sides of the step portion 121 as described above, the thermal sensor unit 124, which is cut off when the battery B reaches a set temperature, is disposed and provided, respectively, and both sides of the thermal sensor unit 124 are first , 2 wires 125 and 126 are provided to be connected to the back cover 130 and the step portion 121 to be described later.

That is, one end of the first wire 125 is fixedly connected to the front end of the thermal sensor unit 124 , and the other end of the first wire 125 is fixedly connected to the back cover 130 .

At this time, the first wire 125 provided in the thermal sensor unit 124 inside the step portion 121 is connected to the back cover 130 through the cutout 122, and the thermal sensor outside the step portion 121 . The first wire 125 provided in the unit 124 is directly connected to the back cover 130 without passing through the cutout 122 .

As such, the first wire 125 connected to the back cover 130 may be connected to the back cover 130 without receiving any interference through the spaced apart space between the inner panel 120 and the case 110 .

In addition, one end of the second wire 126 is fixedly connected to the rear end of the thermal sensor unit 124 , and the other end of the second wire 126 is fixedly connected to the step portion 121 .

Accordingly, the thermal sensor unit 124 can maintain a solid installation state without being fixed to the step portion 121 by the first and second wires 125 and 126 connected to both sides thereof.

Here, the first and second wires 125 and 126 may be directly connected to the back cover 130 and the step portion 121, respectively, or may be connected and fixed via a fixing pin. In particular, the first wire 125 is connected to the lower end of the back cover 130 , and at this time, the thermal sensor unit 124 to the inner panel 120 in front of the step 121 is connected to the lower end of the back cover 130 . A guide pin 123 for guiding the first wire 125 may be provided.

On the other hand, the thermal sensor unit 124 as described above is provided on both sides of the step portion 121 and is provided so as to be cut off when the battery B reaches a set temperature. Such a thermal sensor unit 124 may be provided with a metal having a low melting point, and when a specific temperature environment is created, it may be configured to be melted or stretched and broken by a pulling force.

That is, the thermal sensor unit 124 may be designed to be cut off at, for example, 72 degrees Celsius. As a result, a problem occurs in the battery (B) and the temperature rises. Accordingly, when a temperature environment of 72 degrees Celsius or more is created in the step portion 121 of the inner panel 120, the thermal sensor unit 124 is deformed and the back cover Since a tensile force is applied to 130 and the first and second wires 125 and 126, the thermal sensor unit 124 is stretched and broken right after the deformation starts.

In addition, the first and second wires 125 and 126 may be made of a non-stretchable or very low material. That is, the first and second wires 125 and 126 may be metal chains, and hook-shaped hooks may be provided at both ends, so that the first and second wires 125 and 126 are respectively connected to the back cover 130 . ) and the step portion 121 can be connected by walking more easily and conveniently.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, the thermal sensor unit 124 has been described as an example provided only in the step portion 121 of the inner panel 120, but the thermal sensor unit 124 is installed in the inner panel (before and after the step portion 121) ( 120) may be further provided, and in this case, even if the temperature rises at an arbitrary location of the battery B, it is possible to respond more quickly to the temperature. That is, since the thermal sensor unit 124 at the position closest to the temperature rising part is cut off, the battery B can be discharged more quickly.

The back cover 130 is rotatably installed on the opened rear surface of the case 110 to open and close the rear surface of the case 110 .

2 and 3, the upper end of the back cover 130 is rotatably provided on the rear upper end of the case 110 via a hinge shaft 131, so that the lower end thereof is the case 110. The rear surface of the case 110 is opened and closed while being rotated from the .

And, the hinge shaft 131 is provided with a plurality of torsion springs 132 for rotating the back cover 130 to open the rear surface of the case 110, both ends of the torsion spring 132 are each of the case 110. It is provided in contact with the inner upper surface and the inner surface of the back cover 130 .

Accordingly, the torsion spring 132 is compressed by the back cover 130 that closes the rear surface of the case 110 , and at the same time the thermal sensor unit 124 is cut off, a tensile force is applied to rotate the closed back cover 130 . to open the rear surface of the case 110 .

The back cover 130 is provided with a stopper 133 for supporting and supporting the tilting panel 140 to be described later. That is, the stopper 133 is provided to protrude from the back cover 130 to the inside of the case 110 to support and support the rear end of the tilting panel 140 to be described later.

When the stopper 133 supports and supports the rear end of the tilting panel 140 as shown in FIG. 3 , the tilting panel 140 is provided horizontally or the rear end of the tilting panel 140 is slightly toward the back cover 130 side. It is preferable to be provided so as to be inclined downward.

In addition, the stopper 133 that supports and supports the tilting panel 140 is formed with an inclined surface 133a inclined downwardly inside the case 110 , and when the back cover 130 rotates, the back cover 130 and the tilting panel 140 can be separated naturally without interference, and at the same time as the back cover 130 is rotated, the rear end of the tilting panel 140 is caused by the weight of the tilting panel 140 and the load of the battery (B) mounted thereon. As shown in FIG. 5, it is directly inclined downward.

Accordingly, it is possible to quickly discharge the battery B provided on the tilting panel 140 simultaneously with the rotation of the back cover 130 .

The tilting panel 140 is provided to be inclined from the inner lower part of the case 110, and the battery B is placed on the upper surface thereof to be charged or stored in a seated state.

That is, the tilting panel 140 is rotatably coupled to the inner front end of the case 110 via the hinge shaft 141 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 , and the rear end thereof is the back cover 130 . ) is supported in contact with the stopper (133).

Accordingly, when the back cover 130 is rotated, the tilting panel 140 is rotated downward until the rear end thereof contacts the bottom surface of the case 110 to be inclined.

On the other hand, the tilting panel 140 is provided with a plurality of rollers 142 on its upper surface to be rotated in an idle state, and the rollers 142 are provided to protrude from the upper surface of the tilting panel 140, so that the lower surface of the battery (B). is in contact with

Accordingly, when the battery B is placed on the roller 142 of the tilting panel 140 and the back cover 130 is rotated and the rear end of the tilting panel 140 is tilted downward, the battery B is rearward. It is moved and discharged, and since the movement of the battery B is accelerated by the idle rotation of the roller 142, the battery B can be discharged quickly.

Here, the roller 142 may be provided in the form of a ball.

On the other hand, in the battery storage device 100 as described above, as shown in FIG. 3 , the back cover 130 is the case by the first wire 125 tensioned between the thermal sensor unit 124 and the back cover 130 . The rear end of the tilting panel 140 is fixed in close contact with the open rear surface of the 110 , and is provided in a horizontal state in contact with the inclined surface 133a of the stopper 133 provided in the back cover 130 .

The battery B is inserted and stored in the battery storage device 100 through the opened front side, and the stored battery B may be charged while being accommodated in the storage device 100 .

As shown in FIG. 3, the stored battery B is placed on the roller 142 of the tilting panel 140 and accommodated in a seated state. In this state, the temperature rises for an unknown reason in the battery B. When an environment above the set temperature is created, the thermal sensor unit 124 is cut off as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 .

Then, as the tension of the first wire 125 tensioned between the thermal sensor unit 124 and the back cover 130 is released, the restraining force that is in close contact with the back cover 130 to the rear surface of the case 110 is released. do.

At the same time, the tensile force of the torsion spring 132 compressed by the back cover 130 acts, and accordingly, the back cover 130 opens the rear surface of the case 110 while the lower end thereof rotates to the outside of the case 110 . will make it

Meanwhile, at the same time as the back cover 130 is rotated, the rear end of the tilting panel 140 supported by the stopper 133 of the back cover 130 is tilted as it rotates downward, and the tilt of the tilting panel 140 gradually increases. As it grows, the battery B placed on the roller 142 of the tilting panel 140 is automatically discharged as shown in FIG. 5 through the rear surface of the storage device 100 that is opened.

This automatic discharge process of the battery (B) is made faster by the rotation of the roller 142 provided in the idle state on the tilting panel 140.

Accordingly, the battery storage device 100 of the present invention can automatically discharge the battery B when the temperature of the battery B stored therein rises for an unknown reason and an environment above the set temperature is created, and such battery B ), the automatic discharge process does not use any electrical energy and only operates by mechanical configuration, so it has the advantage of guaranteeing operational reliability.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 , the battery storage room according to the present invention includes a battery storage device 100 , a rack unit 200 , and a fire extinguishing unit 300 .

Since the battery storage device 100 is the same as the above-described embodiment, a redundant description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the rack unit 200 may include a plurality of cells in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and a battery storage device 100 may be installed in each cell.

Such a battery storage room can charge and store more batteries (B) in a limited space.

The fire extinguishing unit 300 may be provided to be positioned at the rear of the rack unit 200 as shown in FIG. 7 , the battery B discharged from the battery storage device 100 is accommodated, and the temperature of the battery B is controlled. lower and cut off the oxygen supply.

This fire extinguishing unit 300 may be provided with a digestion tank 310 formed in a length and volume corresponding to the rack unit 200, and a fire extinguishing material to the extent that the battery B can be submerged in the digestion tank 310 is charged. can be filled

Accordingly, since the battery (B) is immersed in the fire extinguishing material, it is possible to delay or suppress the temperature rise of the battery (B), and since the supply of oxygen is cut off, it is possible to block or prevent the fire from spreading.

On the other hand, the extinguishing medium may be cooling water or cooling oil. In particular, when the extinguishing material is exhausted, it can be replenished, and when it is contaminated, it can be replaced.

In addition, as another example, since the rack unit 200 may be disposed around the fire fighting unit 300 on both sides or in all directions, it is possible to accommodate and manage more batteries B in a limited space.

Therefore, in the battery storage room according to the present invention, by quickly accommodating the battery (B) with a risk of fire in the fire extinguishing unit 300, the temperature of the increased battery (B) is lowered or the oxygen is cut off to reduce the possibility of fire. be able to

In addition, even if the fire has already started in the battery (B), it is possible to prevent the spread of the fire by discharging the battery (B) to the fire extinguishing unit (300) to be accommodated.

Although the present invention has been described in detail through specific examples, this is intended to describe the present invention in detail, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and by those of ordinary skill in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention. It is clear that the modification or improvement is possible.

All simple modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the present invention, and the specific protection scope of the present invention will be clarified by the appended claims.

100: battery storage device 110: case
120: inner panel 121: step part
122: cutout 123: guide pin
124: thermal sensor unit 125, 126: wire
130: back cover 131: hinge shaft
132: torsion spring 133: stopper
133a: inclined surface 140: tilting panel
141: hinge shaft 142: roller
200: rack unit 300: fire extinguishing unit
310: digester
B: battery

Claims (11)

Case with front and rear openings;
an inner panel provided in the case;
a back cover hinged to the open surface of the case to open and close one surface of the case;
a tilting panel provided so as to be tilted in the case and having a roller on its upper portion for discharging the battery while rotating idle;
a thermal sensor unit provided on the inner panel and cut off when the battery reaches a set temperature;
Including a wire connecting the thermal sensor unit and the back cover;
A battery storage device provided with a protruding stopper for supporting and supporting the tilting panel on the back cover.
The method according to claim 1,
A battery storage device in which a step portion having a thermal sensor unit is formed on the inner panel, and a cutout through which a wire connecting the thermal sensor unit and the back cover passes is formed at the boundary between the step portion and the inner panel.
3. The method according to claim 2,
A battery storage device provided with a second wire constraining the step portion by connecting the thermal sensor unit to the step portion.
The method according to claim 1,
A battery storage device provided with a torsion spring for rotating the back cover to the outside of the case at the hinge coupling part of the case and the back cover.
delete The method according to claim 1,
A battery storage device provided with a stopper on which the tilting panel is supported has an inclined surface inclined downwardly inside the case, so that the tilting panel is tilted as the back cover is rotated.
The method according to claim 1,
The stopper is a battery storage device provided with a height at which the tilting panel is horizontal or inclined toward the back cover when the tilting panel is supported and supported.
The battery storage device of any one of claims 1 to 4, 6 and 7;
A rack unit in which a plurality of cells are provided in the horizontal and vertical directions while a battery storage device is installed in each cell;
A battery storage room comprising a; a fire extinguishing unit provided on one side of the rack unit in which the back cover of the battery storage device is positioned to receive the battery discharged from the battery storage device to lower the temperature and block the supply of oxygen.
9. The method of claim 8,
The fire extinguishing unit is a fire extinguishing tank filled with fire extinguishing material to the extent that the battery is submerged; battery storage room including.
10. The method of claim 9,
A battery compartment comprising the extinguishing medium being coolant or cooling oil.
9. The method of claim 8,
A battery storage room comprising a plurality of rack units surrounded by a fire extinguishing unit.

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