Battery monitoring device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025208213-A1
Application number	US-202519077356-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 12, 2025
Priority date	Oct 11, 2022
Publication date	Jun 26, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A battery monitoring device includes a wiring board having a portion of a wiring provided on a board surface, a circuit component surface-mounted on the board surface and connected to the wiring, and a connector that electrically connects the wiring board to at least a battery. The connector has a terminal connected to a mounting land which is part of the wiring provided on the board surface, and a connector case in which the terminal is provided. The wiring board is provided with a cutout portion recessed from a surrounding area on a part of a side surface, and at least a part of the connector case is disposed in the cutout portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery monitoring device for monitoring a state of a battery mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
a wiring board having a portion of a wiring provided on a first surface; a circuit component surface-mounted on the first surface and connected to the wiring; and a connector member for electrically connecting the wiring board and at least the battery, the connector member having a terminal connected to a land that is a part of the wiring provided on the first surface and a housing in which the terminal is provided; wherein the wiring board has a cutout portion on a part of its side surface that is recessed from a surrounding area, and at least a part of the housing is disposed in the cutout portion.

2 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein
the connector member is arranged such that, in a thickness direction of the wiring board, a bottom surface of the housing is flush with a second surface opposite to the first surface of the wiring board.

3 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein
the wiring board has, as the side surface, a short side surface along a lateral direction of the first surface, and a long side surface on which the cutout portion is provided along a longitudinal direction of the first surface, and at least a part of the circuit component is disposed in a narrow area adjacent to the cutout portion in the lateral direction on the first surface.

4 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 3 , wherein
the battery supplies power to an electric motor that drives the vehicle, and the circuit component has a function of monitoring a voltage of the battery.

5 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 3 , wherein
the wiring board is warped so that a convex shape is formed on the first surface side.

6 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 3 , wherein
the circuit component and the connector member are connected to the wiring by reflow soldering.

7 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein
the wiring board has cutout portions formed in a plurality of locations on the side surface, and the housing is disposed in each cutout portion.

8 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , further comprising,
a base to which the wiring board is fixed, and a cover attached to the base and forming an accommodation space for the wiring board together with the base, wherein the wiring board is provided with a fixing portion for fixing to the base at positions that sandwich the cutout portion.

9 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein
in the wiring board, a lateral direction of the first surface is aligned along a left-right direction of the vehicle and a longitudinal direction of the first surface is aligned along a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the wiring board is disposed between a plurality of batteries arranged in the left-right direction.

10 . The battery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the wiring board is provided with a fixing land around the cutout portion on the first surface, and the connector member has a fixing terminal provided on a side wall of the housing, and the fixing terminal is connected to the fixing land.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Kojima Toshiki
• Inamoto Takashi
• Kouda Masakazu

Classifications

• B60L2240/547

  Voltage · CPC title

• B60L50/60

  using power supplied by batteries (in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75) · CPC title

• B60L58/10

  for monitoring or controlling batteries · CPC title

• G01R31/3644 Primary

  Constructional arrangements · CPC title

• G01R31/3842 Primary

  combining voltage and current measurements · CPC title