Adaptive booster cable for a vehicle battery
AssigneesJames Liu, Steve Liu
InventorSteve Liu
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Abstract
An adaptive booster cable is connected with two pairs of clips, wherein the two pairs of clips are respectively attached to two batteries to transmit power from one battery to the other battery. The adaptive booster cable includes a polarity detecting unit connected to each clip, a switching unit and a current detecting unit both provided between the two pairs of clips. After the polarity of each clip is sensed by the polarity detecting unit, the switching unit generates a proper connection between the two batteries. Therefore, the positive and negative terminals of the two batteries are correctly connected based on the detected result of the polarity detecting unit.
Claims8
An adaptive booster cable (1) to connect two vehicle batteries, each battery having a positive and a negative pole, the adaptive booster cable (1) comprising:
- a first pair of clips (a, b) to connect to the positive and negative poles of a first battery such that each clip (a, b) has a different polarity;
- a second pair of clips (c, d) to connect to the positive and negative poles of a second battery such that each clip (c, d) has a different polarity;
- a polarity detecting unit (10) connected to each clip (a-d) to detect the polarity of each clip (a-d);
- a switching unit (40) connecting the first pair of clips (a, b) and the second pair of clips (c, d), wherein the switching unit (40) is further connected to the polarity detecting unit (10) through a driving unit and generates a correct connection between the first pair of clips (a, b) and the second pair of clips (c, d) based on the polarity detected by the polarity detecting unit (10);
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- a current detecting unit (50) provided between the first pair of clips (a, b) and the second pair of clips (c, d) to sense any clip detached from the battery, wherein the current detecting unit (50) provides a circuit continuity signal to the polarity detecting unit (10).
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