ARRANGEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC SENSOR DEVICE AT A TERMINAL POST CLAMP OF A BATTERY AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT

• US 20140333318A1
• Filed: 05/07/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa (Forvia SE)
• Original Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Company
• Inventors: Unterhalt, Marco, Zimmermann, Katrin
• Granted Patent: US 9,404,978 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/437
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/364 Battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/287 Intermediate parts between battery post and cable end piece
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62 Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49169 Assembling electrical component directly to terminal or elongated conductor

Abstract

An arrangement of an electronic sensor device (3) at a terminal post clamp (1) of a battery. The arrangement comprises: a terminal post clamp (1) of a battery; an electronic sensor device (3); a housing (10), which can accommodate the electronic sensor device (3); and a fastening means, which can connect the housing (10) to the terminal post clamp (1). The fastening means comprises a receptacle (13) and a fastening member (8) that can be inserted at least in sections into the receptacle (13) in a positive locking and/or non-positive locking manner.

Claims

1. An arrangement of an electronic sensor device comprising:

a terminal post clamp of a battery;

an electronic sensor device;

a housing, which can accommodate the electronic sensor device; and

a fastening means, which can connect the housing to the terminal post clamp;

wherein the fastening means comprises a receptacle and a fastening member that can be inserted at least in sections into the receptacle in a positive locking and/or non-positive locking manner.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacle is arranged on the housing, and the fastening member is arranged on the terminal post clamp;

or that the receptacle is arranged on the terminal post clamp, and the fastening member is arranged on the housing.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening member is designed as a projection or as a projecting contour of the terminal post clamp or of the housing respectively.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening member is constructed in one piece with the terminal post clamp or in one piece with the housing respectively.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacle is constructed in the manner of a pocket.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacle is constructed in one piece with the housing or in one piece with the terminal post clamp respectively.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing with the receptacle, which is mounted on said housing, or with the fastening member, which is mounted on said housing, is a one piece injection molded part.

8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the mounted state of the arrangement on the battery, the terminal post clamp has a plate-shaped region, which covers at least partially the side of the housing that faces away from the battery, wherein, in particular, the fastening member and the receptacle respectively are arranged in the plate-shaped region of the terminal post clamp or are a part of the plate-shaped region of the terminal post clamp.

9. A method for producing the arrangement of claim 1 comprising the following steps:

inserting the fastening member into the receptacle;

generating an electrically conductive connection between one section of the terminal post clamp and a connector of the electronic sensor device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a welded joint between one section of the terminal post clamp and a connector of the electronic sensor device is generated as the electrically conductive connection, wherein the welded joint is arranged, in particular, on the side of the housing that faces away from the receptacle or the fastening member respectively.