Battery measuring clamp

• US 8,502,501 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2009
• Issued: 08/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
• Original Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
• Inventors: Lietz, Franz-Josef, Nentwig, Dominik, Gronwald, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): TSO, EDWARD H
• Application Number:
  US12/989,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20110050240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,337 Days
• Field of Search: 320/105, 320/107, 320/111, 320/114, 320/115, 439/775, 439/620.01
• US Class Current: 320/111
• 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 31/364 Battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/287 Intermediate parts between battery post and cable end piece
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/665 with built-in electronic circuit H01R13/70, H01R13/719 take precedence

Abstract

A battery measuring clamp, comprising a battery pole clamp 2, a measuring resistor 12 electrically connected to the battery pole clamp 2, and an evaluation circuit which evaluates at least the voltage across the measuring resistor 12, wherein the evaluation circuit is electrically connected to the measuring resistor 12 via at least two measuring contacts 18 and at least two data lines 24 are arranged on the evaluation circuit. A flexible use of such a battery measuring clamp is ensured by the fact that the data lines are arranged in a connection means 26, that a data connector 32 is monolithically connected to a coupling means 28 corresponding to the connection means 26, and that the coupling means 28 and the connection means 26 are plugged together in order to electrically contact the data connector 32 to the data lines 24.

Claims

1. The battery measuring clamp, comprising

a battery pole clamp;

a measuring resistor electrically connected to the battery pole clamp; and

an evaluation circuit, which evaluates at least a voltage across the measuring resistor, the evaluation circuit electrically connected to the measuring resistor via at least two measuring contacts and at least two data lines arranged on the evaluation circuit, wherein the data lines are arranged in an electrical connector, a data connector is monolithically connected to a coupling corresponding to the electrical connector, and the coupling and the electrical connector are plugged together in order to electrically connect the data connector to the data lines.

2. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the data connector is injection-molded or cast with the coupling.

3. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the data connector is a plug specific to the manufacturer or a socket specific to the manufacturer.

4. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector and the coupling are a socket and plug pair corresponding to one another.

5. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector maintains connection to the coupling via at least one of a force and form fit when the electrical connector and the coupling are plugged together.

6. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the data connector runs parallel to the extension direction of the measuring resistor.

7. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the data connector runs orthogonal to the extension direction of the measuring resistor.

8. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the data connector runs in a pole recess between the battery measuring clamp and an outer wall of a battery.

9. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the data connector runs parallel to the outer edge of a battery in a pole recess of the battery.

10. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the data connector runs perpendicular to the outer edge of a battery in a pole recess of the battery.

11. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein a coupling bar is arranged in an outlet direction (X) on the battery pole clamp.

12. The battery measuring clamp of claim 11, wherein the coupling bar is a flat part.

13. The battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the measuring resistor is a flat part.

14. The battery measuring clamp of claim 11, wherein the measuring resistor is arranged substantially orthogonal to the outlet direction (X) on the coupling bar.

15. The battery measuring clamp of claim 12, wherein the coupling bar has a connecting bar protruding from the plane of the flat part.

16. The battery measuring clamp of claim 15, wherein an insulating bar is arranged on the plane of the coupling bar, out of which the connecting bar protrudes, on the side of the coupling bar opposite the connecting bar.

17. A battery measuring clamp of claim 15, wherein the measuring resistor bears against the connecting bar and the insulating bar.

18. A battery measuring clamp of claim 16, wherein the measuring resistor is formed of two conductor parts and a resistor material arranged therebetween.

19. A battery measuring clamp of claim 18, wherein one conductor part is arranged on the connecting bar and one conductor part is arranged on the insulating bar.

20. A battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector lies outside a projection surface of the battery pole clamp, said projection surface being located in the outlet direction (X).

21. A battery measuring clamp of claim 11, wherein the coupling bar is embedded with the measuring resistor in a material, and in that the measuring contacts and an electrical tap-off on the measuring resistor are free of the material.

22. A battery measuring clamp of claim 11, wherein the coupling bar is embedded with the measuring resistor in a material in such a way that the electrical connector is formed by the material.

23. A battery measuring clamp of claim 21, wherein the electrical connector and the electrical tap-off are arranged on opposite sides of the measuring resistor.

24. A battery measuring clamp of claim 22, wherein the material in the region of the measuring contacts forms a holder for the evaluation circuit.

25. A battery measuring clamp of claim 1, wherein the evaluation circuit is a populated printed circuit board and a populated side of the printed circuit board faces towards the measuring contacts.

26. A battery measuring clamp of claim 21, wherein a cover is arranged over the evaluation circuit in a manner bonded to the material.

27. A method for producing a battery measuring clamp, the method comprising

electrically connecting a battery pole clamp to a measuring resistor;

electrically connecting an evaluation circuit to the measuring resistor via at least two measuring contacts;

arranging at least two data lines in an electrical connector on the evaluation circuit;

monolithically connecting a data connector to a coupling corresponding to the electrical connector; and

electrically contacting the data connector to the data lines by plugging together the coupling and the electrical connector.