Battery including an on-cell indicator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10297875-B2
Application number	US-201514842245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	Sep 1, 2015
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

The invention is directed toward a battery including an on-cell indicator. The battery including an on-cell indicator includes at least one electrochemical cell; at least one on-cell indicator; a printed circuit board; and at least one integrated circuit. The at least one electrochemical cell includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The at least one on-cell indicator includes at least one on-cell indicator terminal. The printed circuit board includes at least one on-cell indicator contact and at least one electrochemical cell contact. The at least one electrochemical cell contact is in electrical connection with the first terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell. At least one conductive trace includes an on-cell indicator interconnect and a printed circuit board interconnect. The on-cell indicator interconnect is in electrical connection with the at least one on-cell indicator terminal. The printed circuit board interconnect is in electrical connection with the at least one on-cell indicator terminal. At least one integrated circuit is in electrical connection with the printed circuit board.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery including an on-cell indicator comprising:
at least one electrochemical cell, the at least one electrochemical cell including a first terminal and a second terminal;
at least one on-cell indicator; the at least one on-cell indicator comprising at least one on-cell indicator terminal and an antenna;
a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board comprising at least one on-cell indicator terminal contact and at least one electrochemical cell contact;
the at least one electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the first terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell;
at least one conductive trace, the at least one conductive trace comprising an on-cell indicator interconnect and a printed circuit board interconnect, the at least one conductive trace is positioned adjacent to the antenna;
an insulator positioned between the at least one conductive trace and the antenna;
the on-cell indicator interconnect in electrical connection with the at least one on-cell indicator terminal;
the printed circuit board interconnect in electrical connection with the at least one on-cell indicator terminal contact; and
at least one integrated circuit, the at least one integrated circuit in electrical connection with the printed circuit board.

2. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 , the printed circuit board comprising at least one spacer, the at least one spacer in electrical connection with the printed circuit board and the at least one electrochemical cell.

3. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 comprising a first electrochemical cell contact and a second electrochemical cell contact; the first electrochemical cell contact and the second electrochemical cell contact on a bottom surface of the printed circuit board; the first electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the first terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell; and the second electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the second terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell.

4. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 comprising a first electrochemical cell contact and a second electrochemical cell contact; the first electrochemical cell contact on a bottom surface of the printed circuit board; the second electrochemical cell contact on a top surface of printed circuit board; the first electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the first terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell; and the second electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the second terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell.

5. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 comprising a first electrochemical cell contact and a second electrochemical cell contact; the first electrochemical cell contact on a bottom surface and a top surface of the printed circuit board; the second electrochemical cell contact on the bottom surface and the top surface of the printed circuit board; the first electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the first terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell; and the second electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the second terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell.

6. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 comprising a first electrochemical cell contact and a second electrochemical cell contact; the first electrochemical cell contact on a bottom surface and a top surface of the printed circuit board; the second electrochemical cell contact on the bottom surface of the printed circuit board; the first electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the first terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell; and the second electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the second terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell.

7. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 comprising a first electrochemical cell contact and a second electrochemical cell contact; the first electrochemical cell contact on a bottom surface and a top surface of the printed circuit board; the second electrochemical cell contact on the top surface of the printed circuit board; the first electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the first terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell; and the second electrochemical cell contact in electrical connection with the second terminal of the at least one electrochemical cell.

8. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 , wherein the at least one integrated circuit is positioned on a bottom surface of the printed circuit board.

9. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 , wherein the at least one integrated circuit is positioned within the printed circuit board.

10. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 , wherein the at least one on-cell indicator terminal contact is positioned on a bottom surface of the printed circuit board or a top surface of the printed circuit board.

11. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 , wherein at least one tab interconnect is in electrical connection with the at least one electrochemical cell contact of the printed circuit board.

12. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 , the insulator comprising a dielectric.

13. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 further comprising a communications circuit, the communications circuit comprising radio-frequency identification circuitry; near field communication circuitry; Bluetooth circuitry; Bluetooth Low Energy circuitry; Wi-Fi circuitry; Zigbee circuitry; LoRaWan circuitry; Z-wave circuitry; and any combination thereof.

14. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 further comprising a magnetic diverter.

15. The battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 , the at least one integrated circuit comprising a memory.

16. A remote battery indication system, the system comprising:
at least one reader; and
at least one battery including an on-cell indicator of claim 1 .

17. The remote battery indication system of claim 16 , the at least one battery including an on-cell indicator comprising a magnetic diverter.

Assignees

• Duracell Us Operations Inc

Inventors

• Riemer Joern
• Pavlinsky Robert John
• Amann Mathias

Classifications

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H01M10/488

  Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density · CPC title

• 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

• G01R31/3686

  Physics · mapped topic

• H01M2010/4271

  Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing · CPC title