Battery Sensor Unit and Method for Manufacturing the Battery Sensor Unit

• US 20090195252A1
• Filed: 04/27/2007
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Kerbel, Sergej
• Granted Patent: US 8,232,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/426
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/364 Battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/287 Intermediate parts between battery post and cable end piece
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6683 with built-in sensor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49108 Electric battery cell making

Abstract

A method is described for manufacturing a battery sensor unit, in particular a battery sensor unit for a motor vehicle battery, comprising a cable holder for a cable end of a cable. The method includes sliding a sleeve composed of a resistor material onto the cable end, at least one first measuring tap being installed between the cable end and an inner circumference of the sleeve. The cable end provided with the sleeve and the measuring tap is inserted into the cable holder and is permanently connected thereto to form a measuring device. A battery sensor unit is described having a fastening device for fastening the battery sensor unit to a contact of a battery, in particular a motor vehicle battery, and having a measuring device for detecting the state of the battery. The measuring device includes a cable end of a cable, a sleeve that is composed of a resistor material and encloses the cable end, at least one first measuring tap, which is installed between an inner circumference of the sleeve and the cable end, and a cable holder which accommodates the sleeve in a permanent connection.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method for manufacturing a battery sensor unit for a motor vehicle battery, comprising:

sliding a sleeve composed of a resistor material onto a cable end of a cable, at least one first measuring tap being installed between the cable end and an inner circumference of the sleeve;

inserting the cable end provided with the sleeve and the measuring tap into the cable holder; and

permanently connecting the cable end to the cable holder to form a measuring device.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the at least one first measuring tap is inserted between the cable end and the sleeve after the sleeve has been slid onto the cable end.

23. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the at least one first measuring tap is placed on the cable end, and then the sleeve is slid onto the cable end and the measuring tap.

24. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the at least one first measuring tap is inserted into the sleeve, and then the sleeve and the measuring tap are slid onto the cable end.

25. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the at least one first measuring tap has two legs oriented approximately at right angles to each other, the at least one first measuring tap being attached to the measuring device via the first leg, and the second leg being used for tapping a first electrical potential.

26. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the cable end is stripped over approximately an entire length of the sleeve before the sleeve is slid into place.

27. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the permanent connection is a pressing, pinching, or crimping.

28. The method as recited in claim 27, wherein the pressing, pinching, or crimping is carried out with a defined pressure.

29. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein a further measuring tap is installed on the cable holder from the outside.

30. The method as recited in claim 29, wherein the further measuring tap is connected to the cable holder via soldering, welding, pressing, threading, or bonding.

31. The method as recited in claim 30, wherein the further measuring tap has two legs oriented approximately at right angles to each other, the further measuring tap being attached to the measuring device via the first leg, and the second leg being used for tapping a second electrical potential.

32. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the resistor material of the sleeve is manganese.

33. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the cable holder and the sleeve are designed as hollow cylinders.

34. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the cable end, the sleeve, and the cable holder are situated coaxially with one another.

35. A battery sensor unit, comprising:

a fastening device adapted to fasten the battery sensor unit to a contact of a battery of a motor vehicle; and

a measuring device adapted to detect the state of the battery, the measuring device including a cable end of a cable, a sleeve that is composed of a resistor material and encloses the cable end, at least one first measuring tap, which is installed between an inner circumference of the sleeve and the cable end, and a cable holder which accommodates the sleeve in a permanent connection.

36. The battery sensor unit as recited in claim 35, wherein the cable holder and the sleeve are designed as hollow cylinders.

38. The battery sensor unit as recited in claim 35, wherein the resistor material of the sleeve is manganese.

39. The battery sensor unit as recited in claim 35, wherein the measuring device includes a further measuring tap installed on the cable holder from the outside.

40. The battery sensor unit as recited in claim 39, wherein the at least one first measuring tap and the further measuring tap each include two legs, which are oriented approximately at right angles to each other, the first legs being used as contacts and for attachment to the measuring device, and the second legs each being used as a connection contact for tapping a voltage drop across the sleeve.

37. The battery sensor unit as recited in claim, wherein the cable end, the sleeve, and the cable holder are situated coaxially with one another.