Patent ID: 6107778
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H02J,H04M

Abstract:
A battery backed-up power unit, comprising:a cabinet;a plurality of batteries located within said cabinet;a busbar couplable to said batteries that conduct electricity from said batteries to an electrical load;a plurality of line-replaceable battery disconnect modules that switchably couple corresponding ones of said plurality of batteries to said busbar, each of which modules including:a contactor having a body, a control input and rigid conductors extending from said body, anda control circuit mount, connected to and supported by said rigid conductors, that contains control circuitry that controls said contactor via said control input, said rigid conductors connected to said busbar to provide a mount for said battery disconnect module and allow said control circuit to monitor a characteristic of said corresponding one of said plurality of batteries and control said contactor in response thereto; anda plurality of alert circuits, coupled to said plurality of modules, that display a status of corresponding contactors.