US 11,817,566 B2
Battery fire suppressant system
John S. Werner, Fishkill, NY (US); Noah Singer, White Plains, NY (US); John Torok, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); and Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, Wappingers Falls, NY (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/951,226.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158265 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/627 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H01M 10/6552 (2014.01); H01M 10/6563 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/667 (2014.01); A62C 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/613 (2015.04) [A62C 3/16 (2013.01); H01M 10/627 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 10/6552 (2015.04); H01M 10/6563 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 10/667 (2015.04); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a fire suppressant system, the apparatus comprising:
an integrated battery feature, a manifold, a conduit, and a control card, wherein the integrated battery feature includes a plurality of battery cells in an enclosure;
a first end of the conduit coupled to a control valve on the manifold and a second end of the conduit coupled to the integrated battery feature;
the control card configured to open the control valve on the manifold, wherein the control valve is configured to release a cooling fluid into the enclosure;
a fluid manifold conduit and a radiator cooling unit valve, wherein a first end of the fluid manifold conduit is coupled to the manifold and a second end of the fluid manifold conduit is coupled to the radiator cooling unit valve; and
the radiator cooling unit valve is configured to divert the cooling fluid to the fluid manifold conduit in a first configuration, wherein the cooling fluid is a fire suppressant.