Battery Capacity Chromogenic Device

• US 20100086836A1
• Filed: 08/22/2008
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zengshi Dai
• Original Assignee: Zengshi Dai
• Inventors: Dai, ZengShi
• Application Number:
  US12/446,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20100086836A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/91
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/06 Lead-acid accumulators semi-lead accumulators H01M10/20
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/488 Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present utility model provides a battery capacity chromogenic device that directly indicates the residual capacity of the lead acid battery. Said device comprises: a plurality of integrally formed indicating bars, fixing sleeves each provided on the upper end of respective indicating bars, supporting brackets each provided on the lower end of respective indicating bars, and color balls corresponding to the indicating bars in number, said supporting brackets are provided thereon with color ball passages corresponding to the indicating bars in number, said respective color ball passages are slantly disposed such that the vertical projections of the upper portions thereof and the vertical projections of the lower portions thereof are mutally staggered in the horizontal direction, and said respective color balls are increased in specific gravity successively and are respectively disposed in a certain order within said respective color ball passages. By disposing the color balls different in specific gravity below the plurality indicating bars in a certain order for a centralized indication, the current capacity of the battery is represented visually and accruately. The device is mainly used for indicating the capacity of the lead acid battery.

Claims

1. A battery capacity chromogenic device, characterized in that, it comprises:

a plurality of integrally formed indicating bars, fixing sleeves each provided on the upper end of respective indicating bars, supporting brackets each provided on the lower end of respective indicating bars, and color balls corresponding to the indicating bars in number, said supporting brackets are provided thereon with color ball passages corresponding to the indicating bars in number, said respective color ball passages are slantly disposed such that the vertical projections of the upper portions thereof and the vertical projections of the lower portions thereof are mutally staggered in the horizontal direction, and said respective color balls are increased in specific gravity successively and are respectively disposed in a certain order within said respective color ball passages.

2. The battery capacity chromogenic device according to claim 1, characterized in that:

said supporting bracket comprises, in order from the bottom up, a pallet, a slide track bracket, and a locating sleeve which are integrally connected, said locating sleeve is fixedly provided on the lower end of each indicating bar and is provided thereon with opening holes corresponding to the indicating bars in number, the center line of each opening hole respectively approximately coincides with the center line of each indicating bar, between the upper end face and the lower end face of said slide track there are provided inclined through holes corresponding to the indicating bars in number, said base plate is provided with color ball locating slots corresponding to the indicating bars in number, and said respective color ball locating slots, through holes and opening holes are respectively correspondingly arranged to define said color ball passages.

3. The battery capacity chromogenic device according to claim 2, characterized in that:

said respective indicating bars are arranged uniformly in the circumferential direction.

4. The battery capacity chromogenic device according to claim 3, characterized in that:

said indicating bars are 5-12 in number.

5. The battery capacity chromogenic device according to claim 2, characterized in that:

said respective indicating bars are arranged uniformly in a rectangular way.