Patent ID: 6719150
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A frame device for supporting batteries during seismic stress, comprising:a pair of end frame members, each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns of confronting c-shaped cross section and a web extending between the vertical columns directly confronting batteries placed on the shelves and providing a guide for same; channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members to position them in upstanding spaced apart relation; shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries; a pair of anchors; means for securing the end frame members to the anchors; and means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.