Patent ID: 8733465

Claim:
A device for suppressing fires generated by self-contained removable lithium-ion batteries having outer casings with external surfaces supporting positive and negative terminals comprising: at least one elongate enclosure ( 10 ), each enclosure having an internal surface defining an interior volume ( 14 ) for housing by insertion therein at least one cell ( 28 ) of a self-contained removable lithium-ion battery having an outer casing with an external surface to define an open space between the external surface of the outer casing of the at least one cell and the internal surface of each enclosure; and at least one fluid delivery system ( 16 ) in fluid communication with each interior volume ( 14 ) defined by the at least one elongate enclosure ( 10 ), the at least one fluid delivery system ( 16 ) including a temperature sensitive tube, wherein a temperature induced rupture of the at least one fluid delivery system ( 16 ) passing through the at least one elongate enclosure ( 10 ) releases a suppression agent into the interior volume ( 14 ) of the elongate enclosure ( 10 ) and into the open space defined therein to be in fluid contact with the external surface of the outer casing of the at least one cell of the self-contained removable lithium-ion battery inserted within the at least one enclosure.