Electrical storage device and construction machine provided with same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9107286-B2
Application number	US-201213816632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2012
Priority date	Mar 30, 2011
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

An electric storage device includes a plurality of capacitor cells (electric-power storage cells) and a casing that houses the capacitor cells. The casing includes an inspection window through which a condition display unit provided inside the casing is visually checkable. The inspection window includes a through hole that penetrates the casing, a resin plate that closes the through hole from an inside of the casing, and a seal member that is interposed between the resin plate and an inner surface of the casing around the through hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric storage device comprising:
a plurality of electric-power storage cells;
a casing that houses the electric-power storage cells; and
a condition display unit provided inside the casing,
wherein the casing comprises an inspection window through which the condition display unit is visually checkable, and
wherein the inspection window comprises:
a through hole that penetrates the casing,
a plate having a transmission property that closes the through hole from an inside of the casing,
a seal member that is interposed between the plate and an inner surface of the casing, the seal member being disposed outside of and surrounding the through hole, and
a bolt that is screwed into the through hole from an outside of the casing, the bolt having a transmission property to thereby allow visual check of the condition display unit through the bolt.

2. The electric storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plate having a transmission property is a resin plate,
a metal plate is attached to a surface of the resin plate facing the condition display unit, and
the resin plate and the metal plate are fixed to the casing by a shared screw.

3. The electric storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing comprises a bulging portion that bulges out from a top surface of the casing,
the bulging portion comprises a recess in a form of a through-cut having a predetermined width and a predetermined depth,
the through hole is provided in the recess, and
a head of the bolt is positioned lower than a top of the bulging portion.

4. A construction machine installed with the electric storage device according claim 1 .

5. The electric storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the condition display unit includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs).

6. The electric storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the condition display unit includes a liquid crystal display.

7. The electric storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the bolt is transparent.

8. The electric storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the bolt includes a head portion and a screw portion, both the head portion and the screw portion having the transmission property to thereby allow visual check of the condition display unit through the head portion and the screw portion of the bolt.

9. An electric storage device comprising:
a plurality of electric-power storage cells;
a casing that houses the electric-power storage cells; and
a means for displaying a condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells, the means for displaying the condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells being provided inside the casing,
wherein the casing comprises an inspection window through which the means for displaying the condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells is visually checkable, and
wherein the inspection window comprises:
a through hole that penetrates the casing,
a plate having a transmission property that closes the through hole from an inside of the casing,
a seal member that is interposed between the plate and an inner surface of the casing, the seal member being disposed outside of and surrounding the through hole, and
a bolt that is screwed into the through hole from an outside of the casing, the bolt having a transmission property to thereby allow visual check of the means for displaying the condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells through the bolt.

10. The electric storage device according to claim 9 , wherein
the plate having a transmission property is a resin plate,
a metal plate is attached to a surface of the resin plate facing the means for displaying the condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells, and
the resin plate and the metal plate are fixed to the casing by a shared screw.

11. The electric storage device according to claim 9 , wherein
the casing comprises a bulging portion that bulges out from a top surface of the casing,
the bulging portion comprises a recess in a form of a through-cut having a predetermined width and a predetermined depth,
the through hole is provided in the recess, and
a head of the bolt is positioned lower than a top of the bulging portion.

12. A construction machine installed with the electric storage device according claim 9 .

13. The electric storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the means for displaying the condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs).

14. The electric storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the means for displaying the condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells includes a liquid crystal display.

15. The electric storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the bolt is transparent.

16. The electric storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the bolt includes a head portion and a screw portion, both the head portion and the screw portion having the transmission property to thereby allow visual check of the means for displaying the condition of the plurality of electric-power storage cells through the head portion and the screw portion of the bolt.

Assignees

• TSUCHIYA Junichirou
• Souda Akihiko
• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• TSUCHIYA Junichirou
• Souda Akihiko

Classifications

• H01M50/233

  characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions · CPC title

• H01M50/213

  adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/20

  Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders (structural combination of accumulators with charging apparatus H01M10/46) · CPC title

• H01G2/103

  Sealings, e.g. for lead-in wires; Covers · CPC title

• E02F9/0858 Primary

  Arrangement of component parts installed on superstructures not otherwise provided for, e.g. electric components, fenders, air-conditioning units (E02F9/16, E02F9/18 take precedence) · CPC title