Wireless handle for a battery tester and battery tester assembly thereof

• US 9,300,339 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fluke Precision Measurement Ltd. (Fortive Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Danaher (Shanghai) Industrial Instrumentation Technologies R&d Co., Ltd. (Danaher Corporation)
• Inventors: Luo, Shounan, Sheng, Junlong, Zhong, Tao
• Primary Examiner(s): DIAO, M BAYE
• Application Number:
  US13/926,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20140070813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: 324/426
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/00 Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/371 with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/385 Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables for monitoring G01R31/382
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving

Abstract

A wireless handle for a battery tester, comprising a wireless signal transmitting/receiving means capable of exchanging information with a battery tester through wireless communication; an information input means; an information output means; and a signal processing and control means, wherein the wireless signal transmitting/receiving means, the information input means, and the information output means are coupled with the signal processing and control means. The wireless handle enables an operator to control some functions of the battery tester and/or monitor detected information remotely during the process of testing, which can increase efficiency of the testing and avoid any disturbance of the testing circuits caused by the information input means and the information output means.

Claims

1. A wireless handle for a battery tester, comprising:

a mounting means for detachably mounting a test lead onto the wireless handle for connection to a battery to be tested;

a wireless signal transmitting/receiving means configured to exchange information with a battery tester through wireless communication;

an information input means;

an information output means; and

a signal processing and control means, wherein the wireless signal transmitting/receiving means, the information input means, and the information output means are coupled with the signal processing and control means.

2. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the wireless signal transmitting/receiving means transmits and/or receives radio frequency signals.

3. The wireless handle of claim 2, wherein the wireless signal transmitting/receiving means applies one or more of the following wireless communication technologies:

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZIGBEE, and Near Field Communication.

4. The wireless handle of claim 2, wherein the radio frequency signals have a frequency of 2.4 GHz.

5. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the wireless handle has a streamline-like shape, tapering off gradually from its proximal end to its distal end, or a rod-like shape, with a substantially rectangular or circular cross section.

6. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the mounting means is on the distal end of the wireless handle for detachably mounting the test lead onto the wireless handle.

7. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the mounting means is configured as a threaded hole having a side opening or a threaded flange having a side opening.

8. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the mounting means is configured as a clip for clamping the test lead of the battery tester.

9. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the wireless handle further comprises at least one wire accommodating means for detachably accommodating a wire extending from the test lead.

10. The wireless handle of claim 9, wherein the at least one wire accommodating means is configured as a groove extending along the peripheral surface of the wireless handle or a set of wire clips arranged on the outside of the wireless handle.

11. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the information output means includes a display.

12. The wireless handle of claim 11, wherein the display is positioned on a proximal end of the wireless handle.

13. The wireless handle of claim 12, wherein there is an angle between the display and the axial direction of the wireless handle.

14. The wireless handle of claim 13, wherein the angle between the display and the axial direction of the wireless handle is between 30°

and 60°

.

15. The wireless handle of claim 11, wherein the display is an LCD display, an LED display, an OLED display, a plasma display, or an E-ink display.

16. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the information output means includes a speaker.

17. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the information output means includes at least one indicator.

18. The wireless handle of claim 17, wherein the at least one indicator is arranged on or around a proximal end of the wireless handle.

19. The wireless handle of claim 17, wherein the at least one indicator indicates at least one state of the battery to be tested.

20. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the information input means includes at least one input key.

21. The wireless handle of claim 20, wherein the at least one input key is positioned around a proximal end of the wireless handle in such a manner that an operator of the wireless handle can operate the at least one input key with his fingers while gripping the wireless handle.

22. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the wireless handle further comprises a non-contact temperature sensor for testing the temperature of the battery to be tested.

23. The wireless handle of claim 22, wherein the non-contact temperature sensor is positioned on or around a distal end of the wireless handle.

24. The wireless handle of claim 1, wherein the wireless handle further comprises a power supply means.

25. The wireless handle of claim 24, wherein the power supply means is a battery placed inside the wireless handle.

26. The wireless handle of claim 24, wherein the wireless handle further comprises a light positioned on or around a distal end of the wireless handle, and the power supply means supplies power to the light.

27. A battery tester assembly comprising:

a battery tester including a main body and at least a pair of test leads coupleable to the main body, wherein the main body comprises a wireless signal transmitting/receiving module; and

a wireless handle comprising;

a wireless signal transmitting/receiving module configured to exchange information with the battery tester through wireless communication;

an information input;

an information output; and

a signal processor and controller coupled to the wireless signal transmitting/receiving module of the wireless handle, the information input, and the information output,

wherein at least one of the test leads of the battery tester is detachably mounted onto the wireless handle, and

wherein the wireless signal transmitting/receiving module of the wireless handle is configured to establish wireless communication with the wireless signal transmitting/receiving module of the battery tester to enable the wireless handle to exchange information with the battery tester through wireless communication.

28. The battery tester assembly of claim 27, wherein the test leads of the battery tester each include a tip for contacting an electrode of a battery to be tested and measuring parameters of the battery.

29. A wireless handle for a battery tester, comprising:

a wireless signal transmitter/receiver configured to wirelessly communicate information with a battery tester;

an input configured to receive information from an operator of the wireless handle;

an output configured to provide information to the operator of the wireless handle regarding at least one state of a battery to be tested by the battery tester;

a signal processor and controller, wherein the wireless signal transmitter/receiver, the input, and the output are coupled with the signal processor and controller; and

a mount configured to detachably mount a test lead of the battery tester onto the wireless handle.

30. The wireless handle of claim 29, further comprising at least one wire accommodating element that detachably accommodates a wire extending from the test lead.