Battery sensor positioner, battery sensor assembly equipped with same, and battery sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10218038-B2
Application number	US-201514965827-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2015
Priority date	Jun 11, 2013
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A battery sensor assembly (10) is provided with a positioner (11) and a battery sensor (1). The positioner (11) is provided with a sensor-fixing part (29) for fixing the battery sensor (1) and a rotation-blocking part (31) capable of coming in contact with a side surface (2b) of a battery (2). The sensor-fixing part (29) is provided with a fitting section (30). The fitting section (30) allows a casing (8) of the battery sensor (1) to be inserted from a prescribed insertion direction and fits to the inserted battery sensor (1). Additionally, the rotation-blocking part (31) is provided with a reinforcement rib.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A positioner for settling the position of a battery sensor, including a battery post terminal and a casing incorporating a circuit board having an electric circuit for detecting a state of the battery, and the battery sensor being mounted to a battery post of a battery, comprising:
a sensor-fixing part for fixing the battery sensor; and
a rotation-blocking part capable of coming in contact with a side surface of the battery;
wherein the sensor-fixing part includes a fitting section and a lid section, the fitting section configured to be inserted at least a part of the battery sensor from a prescribed insertion direction and fitted to the inserted battery sensor, the lid section configured to come in contact with the battery sensor fitted to the fitting section from the insertion direction,
wherein the fitting section comes in contact with the battery sensor by a plurality of tapered ribs formed along the insertion direction, and
wherein the battery sensor and the sensor-fixing part are configured as separate pieces.

2. The positioner according to claim 1 , wherein the lid section comes in contact with the battery sensor by a plurality of bosses.

3. The positioner according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor-fixing part includes a hinge part and a lock mechanism, the hinge part configured to connect the lid section to the fitting section integrally, the lock mechanism for locking the lid section in a state of coming in contact with the battery sensor.

4. The positioner according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation-blocking part include at least one reinforcement rib.

5. The positioner according to claim 4 , wherein the reinforcement ribs are able to come in contact with the side surface of the battery.

6. A battery sensor assembly comprising: the positioner according to claim 1 ; and a battery sensor fixed by the sensor-fixing part of the positioner.

7. The positioner according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor-fixing part includes a fitting section, wherein the fitting section is configured to allow insertion of at least a part of the battery sensor from a prescribed insertion direction and fitted to the inserted battery sensor.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
• Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takeuchi Haruhiko
• Tanaka Kazuyuki
• Kondo Nobuhiro
• Abe Daiki

Classifications

• H01M10/48 Primary

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• H01M50/552

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H01M50/569

  Constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals (battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements G01R31/364) · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• G01N27/42

  Measuring deposition or liberation of materials from an electrolyte; Coulometry, i.e. measuring coulomb-equivalent of material in an electrolyte · CPC title