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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Yasuhiro Oono, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Toshikazu Ura, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Kawabata, Osaka, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Abstract
The rack-type power supply device includes a plurality of battery modules each of which accommodates a plurality of secondary battery cells, a rack main body that vertically accommodates battery modules in a horizontal posture like a plurality of steps with gaps between the battery modules, and a plurality of cooling fans that are arranged on a front surface side of the rack main body and blow cooling air into the gaps between battery modules. The rack main body also includes a back-side duct in which cooling air having passed through the gaps flows upward on a back surface side of the battery modules. In addition, rack main body includes an air outlet for discharging cooling air having passed through the back-side duct on a top surface side. The cooling fan is disposed to be shifted from the gap between the battery modules in front view of the rack main body.