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US 6,787,935 B2Granted
Battery sensor device
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAndreas Heim
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Abstract
A battery sensor device has a fastening device that can be directly fastened to the pole of a vehicle battery. The battery sensor and the fastening device are combined to an integrated component. The fastening device is fastened to a single pole only and is provided with a terminal that is conventional in motor vehicles. Alternatively or additionally, the component is adapted to conventional battery pole troughs as regards its shape and size.
Claims14
A battery sensor arrangement comprising:
- a fastening device which can be connected directly to a pole of a battery, and
- a battery sensor combined with the fastening device into an integrated structural unit,
- wherein the fastening device is connected only to a single pole of the battery,
- wherein the fastening device has a clamp which is conventional for a battery connection cable,
- wherein the battery sensor has a planar measuring shunt and an electronic unit,
- wherein the measuring shunt is a resistance element with two resistance connections constructed as mechanical carriers,
- wherein the electronic unit is fastened to the resistance connections, and
- wherein the resistance element is integrated in the electronic unit in a circuit-related manner.
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A battery sensor arrangement comprising:
- a fastening device which can be connected directly to a pole of a battery, and
- a battery sensor combined with the fastening device into an integrated structural unit,
- wherein the fastening device is connected only to a single pole of the battery,
- wherein the fastening device has a clamp which is conventional for a battery connection cable,
- wherein the battery sensor has a planar measuring shunt and an electronic unit,
- wherein the measuring shunt is a resistance element with two planar resistance connections constructed as mechanical carriers, and
- wherein the electronic unit or a carrier board of the electronic unit is fastened to the planar resistance connections by an electrically conducting material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.