System for charge-discharge cycler

• US 10,514,424 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2017
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Innovex Incorporated (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yuyang Dnu Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Tae Hoon, Yoo, Byung Gil, Lee, Il Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Assouad, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Curtis, Sean
• Application Number:
  US15/636,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20180149702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 324425-434
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/203 Resistors used for electric measuring, e.g. decade resistors standards, resistors for comparators, series resistors, shunts resistors in general H01C; microwave or radiowave terminations H01P1/26; coupling devices H01R
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/0092 measuring current only all subgroups of G01R19/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3644 Constructional arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H01C 7/13 current responsive

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for charge-discharge cycler, particularly to a system for charge-discharge cycler in which a structure of a shunt is improved to improve performance/accuracy of a current control as a key component of an instrument for testing a secondary battery charge-discharge. A system for charge-discharge cycler has the effect of improving the degree of precision/performance of the current control during a charge/discharge inspection of the secondary battery, thereby raising the standard of development/aspect of the secondary battery and developing a charge/discharge performance tester of high performance.

Claims

1. A system for charge-discharge cycler comprising:

a current measuring circuit unit for measuring a current wave form of charge- discharge with a voltage across a shunt according to a charge-discharge signal; and

a current conducting member combined with a shunt which is connected to the current measuring circuit unit electrically, wherein a shunt connecting groove is provided at the end of the current conducting member for insertion into the inside of the current conducting member, and a side connecting groove penetrating the current conducting member is formed perpendicular to the way the shunt connecting groove is formed, wherein the shunt comprises a first shunt body portion connected to the current measuring circuit unit by a first current conducting member;

a connecting body portion extended from one end of the first shunt body portion; and

a second shunt body portion extended from the connecting body portion and connected to the current measuring circuit unit and the second current conducting member.

2. The system for charge-discharge cycler of claim 1, wherein one end of the shunt is combined with the shunt connecting groove for the current conducting member, and the shunt and the current conducting member are combined by silver soldering at the shunt connecting groove and the side connecting groove.

3. The system for charge-discharge cycler of claim 1, wherein the current conducting member is formed in ‘

u’

shape with which a plurality of shunts are combined.

4. The system for charge-discharge cycler of claim 1, wherein the side connecting groove is formed in the shape of a closed curve.

5. The system for charge-discharge cycler of claim 1, wherein the shunt has a structure that insulating layers are provided on the opposite sides of a manganese material, and a heat sink is located on the insulating layer.

6. The system for charge-discharge cycler of claim 1, wherein the shunt has a structure that insulating layers are provided on the opposite sides of a manganese material, a heat sink is located on the insulating layer, and a cooling fan is included for cooling the heat from the shunt.

8. The system for charge-discharge cycler of claim 1, wherein a boundary space formed at one end of the shunt passes through the shunt to form a Kelvin sensing terminal.

9. The system for charge-discharge cycler of claim 1, wherein the current measuring circuit unit measures the original charge-discharge current Tr/Tf of a battery, and can measure DCIR in 1 ms unit.

7. A system for charge-discharge cycler comprising:

a current measuring circuit unit for measuring a current wave form of charge-discharge with a voltage across a shunt according to a charge-discharge signal; and

a current conducting member combined with a shunt which is connected to the current measuring circuit unit electrically, wherein a shunt connecting groove is provided at the end of the current conducting member for insertion into the inside of the current conducting member, and a side connecting groove penetrating the current conducting member is formed perpendicular to the way the shunt connecting groove is formed, wherein the shunt comprises a first shunt body portion connected to the current measuring circuit unit by a first current conducting member;

a connecting body portion extended from an end of the first shunt body portion;

a second shunt body portion connected to the current measuring circuit unit by being connected from the connecting body portion, wherein the connecting body portion is arranged such that the first shunt body portion and the second shunt body portion are opposed to each other and the connecting portion of the first shunt body portion connected to the current measuring circuit unit is located to be adjacent to the connecting portion of the second shunt body portion connected to the current measuring circuit unit.