IP Library Granted Patent US 11,237,063
Granted Patent B2
US 11,237,063 · App. 16/572,687 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Temperature detecting device and battery pack

Inventors: Yanlong Gu (Ningde, CN); Xiaoteng Huang (Ningde, CN); Zhenxing Chen (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
G01K1/14G01K7/22H01M10/486H01M10/625H01M10/6552H01M50/20H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,237,063
App. No.
16/572,687
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A temperature detecting device is provided, which includes a housing, a temperature sensor and a fixed part. A battery pack is further provided, which includes two or more battery cells, a heat exchange tube, and the temperature detecting device. The temperature detecting device is fixed to an outer surface of the heat exchange tube, and a temperature detecting surface of the temperature detecting device is fitted to the outer surface of the heat exchange tube.

Claims (34)

1. A temperature detecting device for a heat management system of a battery product, comprising,

a housing,

a temperature sensor, and

a fixed part,

wherein a sensing portion of the temperature sensor is located on a surface of the housing, and the surface of the housing where the sensing portion located is a temperature detecting surface;

wherein the temperature detecting surface is provided with an arc groove extending from one end to the other end of the temperature detecting surface, and the sensing portion of the temperature sensor is located on the surface of the arc groove;

wherein the sensing portion of the temperature sensor protrudes from the surface of the arc groove, and the surface of the arc groove is provided with two fulcrums;

wherein the sensing portion of the temperature sensor is convexly located in the middle portion of the arc groove, the two fulcrums and the sensing portion of the temperature sensor is triangular in distribution;

wherein the fixed part is detachably connected to the housing, a space is provided between the fixed part and the temperature detecting surface, and the space is configured to be passed through by an object measured by the temperature sensor.

2. The temperature detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed part has a U-shaped sheet structure and two ends of the fixed part are respectively connected to the housing.

3. The temperature detecting device according to claim 2 , wherein the two ends of the fixed part are respectively provided with a lug bending outwards, and card slots are respectively disposed on two sides of the temperature detecting surface on the housing.

4. The temperature detecting device according to claim 3 , wherein the lug at one end of the fixed part is a lug formed by bending one end of the fixed part once, and the lug at the other end of the fixed part is a V-shaped lug formed by bending the other end of the fixed part twice.

5. The temperature detecting device according to claim 3 , wherein the two ends of the fixed part are respectively provided with such a limiting groove as concave inwards from both sides of the fixed part in a width direction.

6. The temperature detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the two ends of the fixed part are respectively provided with a lug bending outwards, and card slots are respectively disposed on two sides of the temperature detecting surface on the housing.

7. The temperature detecting device according to claim 6 , wherein the lug at one end of the fixed part is a lug formed by bending one end of the fixed part once, and the lug at the other end of the fixed part is a V-shaped lug formed by bending the other end of the fixed part twice.

8. The temperature detecting device according to claim 6 , wherein the two ends of the fixed part are respectively provided with such a limiting groove as concave inwards from both sides of the fixed part in a width direction.

9. A battery pack, comprising

two or more battery cells,

a heat exchange tube, and

a temperature detecting device comprising:

a housing,

a temperature sensor, and

a fixed part,

wherein a sensing portion of the temperature sensor is located on a surface of the housing, and the surface of the housing where the sensing portion located is a temperature detecting surface;

wherein the temperature detecting surface is provided with an arc groove extending from one end to the other end of the temperature detecting surface, and the sensing portion of the temperature sensor is located on the surface of the arc groove;

wherein the sensing portion of the temperature sensor protrudes from the surface of the arc groove, and the surface of the arc groove is provided with two fulcrums;

wherein the sensing portion of the temperature sensor is convexly located in the middle portion of the arc groove, the two fulcrums and the sensing portion of the temperature sensor is triangular in distribution;

wherein the fixed part is detachably connected to the housing, a space is provided between the fixed part and the temperature detecting surface, and the space is configured to be passed through by an object measured by the temperature sensor;

wherein the temperature detecting device is fixed to an outer surface of the heat exchange tube, and a temperature detecting surface of the temperature detecting device is fitted to the outer surface of the heat exchange tube.

10. The battery pack according to claim 9 , wherein the heat exchange tube comprises two or more tubes and a tube joint connecting the tubes, and the temperature detecting device is disposed on an outer surface of the tube or an outer surface of the tube joint.

11. The battery pack according to claim 9 , wherein the fixed part has a U-shaped sheet structure and two ends of the fixed part are respectively connected to the housing.

12. The battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein the two ends of the fixed part are respectively provided with a lug bending outwards, and card slots are respectively disposed on two sides of the temperature detecting surface on the housing.

13. The battery pack according to claim 12 , wherein the lug at one end of the fixed part is a lug formed by bending one end of the fixed part once, and the lug at the other end of the fixed part is a V-shaped lug formed by bending the other end of the fixed part twice.

14. The battery pack according to claim 13 , wherein the two ends of the fixed part are respectively provided with such a limiting groove as concave inwards from both sides of the fixed part in a width direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2019
From: GU, YANLONG; HUANG, XIAOTENG; CHEN, ZHENXING
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050408/0042 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201821300384.9 · Aug 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019090488 · Jun 10, 2019
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