Battery overcharge preventing device

1. An overcharge preventing device comprising:

an input voltage dividing unit connected across at least one battery cell in a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells and dividing a voltage of the battery cell;

a voltage sensing unit connected to the input voltage dividing unit and operated when it is sensed that a voltage input through the input voltage dividing unit is a predetermined voltage or more; and

a power cut-off unit connected to the voltage sensing unit and turning on or turning off an internal switch by the operation of the voltage sensing unit to cut off power supplied to the battery pack,

wherein the power cut-off unit is connected to a relay coil of a power relay assembly connected to the battery pack, the power cut-off unit cuts off an electrical power of the relay coil regardless of the control of a battery management system to cut off electrical power of the battery pack when the battery cell is overcharged, and the power cut-off unit does not return to an initial state while continuously maintaining the internal switch in current state until a separate control is performed.

2. The overcharge preventing device of claim 1 , wherein the power cut-off unit includes a coil unit and a switch unit, the voltage sensing unit is connected to the coil unit, a line of the relay coil is connected to the switch unit, and the switch unit cuts off an electrical connection to cut off power of the line of the relay coil side when power is applied to the coil unit by the operation of the voltage sensing unit.

3. The overcharge preventing device of claim 1 , wherein the input voltage dividing unit includes a plurality of resistors connected to each other in series.

4. The overcharge preventing device of claim 3 , wherein the voltage sensing unit is configured of a shunt regulator, an anode of the shunt regulator is connected between the resistors of the input voltage dividing unit, a cathode of the shunt regulator is conducted to a positive electrode of the battery cell to which the input voltage dividing unit is connected, a reference of the shunt regulator is connected to a negative electrode of the battery cell to which the input voltage dividing unit is connected, and the cathode and the reference of the shunt regulator are electrically connected to each other when an input voltage divided using the input voltage dividing unit is input as a predetermined voltage or more.

5. The overcharge preventing device of claim 4 , wherein the power cut-off unit includes a coil unit and a switch unit,

one side of the coil unit is connected to the positive electrode of the battery cell to which the input voltage dividing unit is connected and the other side thereof is connected to the cathode of the shunt regulator, and

one side of the switch unit is connected to a line of a relay coil side controlled by a battery management system (BMS) and the other side thereof is connected to a common line (−).

6. The overcharge preventing device of claim 5 , wherein the power cut-off unit is configured of a non-return circuit operating the switch unit when the power is applied to the coil unit by the operation of the voltage sensing unit and maintaining an operation state as it is until before a separate control is performed.

7. The overcharge preventing device of claim 5 , wherein the power cut-off unit is configured of a latching relay.

8. The overcharge preventing device of claim 5 , wherein the power cut-off unit includes a resistor connected to the coil unit in parallel between the coil unit of the power cut-off unit.

9. The overcharge preventing device of claim 5 , further comprising a safety unit connected across the battery cell or to the anode of the shunt regulator and the reference of the shunt regulator.

10. The overcharge preventing device of claim 9 , wherein the safety unit is at least any one of a capacitor and a TVS diode.