Electrical bus bar comprising a sensor unit
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsMichael HINTERBERGER, Berthold HELLENTHAL
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Abstract
An electrical bus bar for conveying an electric current from a first electrical device to a second electrical device, with a base body, which is formed from an electrically conductive material, and which has a first terminal for connection to the first electrical device and a second terminal for connection to the second electrical device. A sensor unit with a fastening surface has at least one sensor element for detecting or recording a physical parameter of the bus bar. The base body has a support surface, to which the sensor unit is fastened by its fastening surface.
Claims10
1-10. (canceled)
An electrical bus bar for conveying an electric current from a first electrical device to a second electrical device, comprising:
- a base body, which is formed from an electrically conductive material and has a first terminal for connection to the first electrical device and a second terminal for connection to the second electrical device, and
- a sensor unit with a fastening surface, which has at least one sensor element for detecting or recording a physical parameter of the bus bar, wherein the base body has a support surface, to which the sensor unit is fastened by its fastening surface.
A battery, comprising:
- at least two battery cells, wherein each of the battery cells has two electrodes that interact electrochemically with each other, wherein each of the electrodes has a terminal contact, wherein at least one terminal contact of one of the battery cells is connected to a terminal contact of the other of the battery cells by means of an electrical bus bar in an electrically conductive manner, wherein the electrical bus bar has a base body formed from an electrically conductive material, wherein the electrical bus bar has a sensor unit with a fastening surface, wherein the sensor unit has at least one sensor element for detecting or recording a physical parameter of the bus bar, wherein the base body has a support surface to which the sensor unit is fastened by its fastening surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.