Patent ID: 9281717
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06F,H02J,H05K,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A battery back-up unit (BBU) for a rack-level power infrastructure, comprising: a chassis sized to fit within a commodity power supply unit (PSU) slot in a power distribution unit (PDU); a distribution element coupled to the commodity PSU, wherein the distribution element comprises a wiring scheme that distributes phase-balanced power to the PDU; a power cable interface box (PCIB) coupled to the PDU, wherein the PDU receives power through the PCIB, wherein the power couples to the PCIB via a first terminal; a wiring block coupled to the first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the wiring block arranges one or more wires received from the first terminal into a pre-determined wiring arrangement at a second terminal; a third terminal, of the distribution element, coupled to the second terminal; one or more circuit breakers, of the distribution element, wherein each output wire of the third terminal is fed to an individual circuit breaker of the one or more circuit breakers; one or more wireways, of the distribution element, wherein the individual circuit breaker is coupled to a corresponding one of the one or more wireways, and wherein the one or more wireways are coupled to one or more outlets in a staggered configuration; a battery disposed within the chassis; at least one power module coupled to the battery; a power module controller coupled to the at least one power module; a form-factor connector coupled to the power module controller and the at least one power module, wherein the form-factor connector comprises a card slot; and a form-factor card coupled to the card slot, wherein the form-factor card protrudes from a back of the commodity PSU, and wherein the form-factor card comprises a pre-determined pinout configuration that matches a pinout configuration of the commodity PSU.