IP Library Granted Patent US 12,300,857
Granted Patent B2
US 12,300,857 · App. 17/721,564 · Granted May 13, 2025

Signal transmission terminal, sampling device, battery module and device

Inventors: Long Li (Fujian, CN); Chong Wang (Fujian, CN); Wencai Xu (Fujian, CN); Xingyuan Wu (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M50/569H01M10/48H01M10/486H01R4/16H01R11/01H01R11/288H01R43/16H02J7/0013H02J7/0063
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Patent No.
US 12,300,857
App. No.
17/721,564
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal transmission terminal, a sampling device, a battery module and a device are disclosed. The signal transmission terminal is used for the sampling device. The sampling device includes a conductive sheet. The signal transmission terminal includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion and a bendable portion. The first connecting portion is used for being connected to the conductive sheet and is provided with a raised portion. The second connecting portion is connected to the first connecting portion and is used for being connected to a sampling object. The bendable portion is used for being connected to the first connecting portion. The bendable portion is configured to press the conductive sheet between the first connecting portion and the bendable portion after being bent. The above signal transmission terminal can improve connection stability with the conductive sheet, such that reliability of sampling precision can be guaranteed.

Claims (28)

1. A signal transmission terminal for a sampling device which comprises a conductive sheet, comprising:

a first connecting portion for being connected to the conductive sheet and provided with a raised portion;

a second connecting portion connected to the first connecting portion and used for being connected to a sampling object; and

a bendable portion for being connected to the first connecting portion and configured to press the conductive sheet between the first connecting portion and the bendable portion after being bent, wherein the raised portion is positioned at one side of the bendable portion, the raised portion and the bendable portion are arranged in a width direction of the first connecting portion, and the bendable portion can be bent towards the raised portion, to clamp, along with the raised portion, the conductive sheet,

wherein the first connecting portion comprises two or more support legs arranged in the width direction of the first connecting portion at an interval, each of the two or more support legs connected to the bendable portion, and provided with the raised portion;

an elastic deformation capacity of the first connecting portion is stronger than that of the second connecting portion.

2. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the raised portion is provided with a recessed portion, and after the bendable portion is bent, a top portion of the bendable portion and the recessed portion are correspondingly arranged.

3. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 2 , wherein at least part of the top portion is positioned within the recessed portion, and/or a top surface of the raised portion and a bottom surface of the recessed portion are both chamfered surfaces.

4. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the number and positions of the recessed portions arranged on the raised portion are in one-to-one correspondence to the total number and positions of the two rows of bendable portions.

5. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 2 , wherein a width of a root portion of the bendable portion is larger than that of the top portion of the bendable portion, and the top portion of the bendable portion is chamfered.

6. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the two rows of bendable portions are arranged on the first connecting portion at an interval, one row of bendable portions and the other row of bendable portions are arranged in a staggered manner, and the raised portion is positioned between the two rows of bendable portions.

7. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the two rows of bendable portions are arranged on the first connecting portion at an interval, one row of bendable portions and the other row of bendable portions are arranged in a staggered manner, and the raised portion is positioned between the two rows of bendable portions.

8. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first connecting portion is smaller than that of the second connecting portion.

9. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising a mounting positioning portion which is connected to one end, away from the second connecting portion, of the first connecting portion and is used for pre-positioning the signal transmission terminal when the signal transmission terminal is connected to the conductive sheet.

10. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the mounting positioning portion is provided with a sheet-shaped body and a positioning hole provided in the sheet-shaped body.

11. The signal transmission terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion and the bendable portion are of an integrally formed structure.

12. A sampling device for a battery module, comprising:

a conductive sheet provided with an electric connection region; and

the signal transmission terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the bendable portion passes through the electric connection region, and the bendable portion is bent, to press, along with the first connecting portion, the conductive sheet, such that the conductive sheet is connected to the signal transmission terminal.

13. The sampling device according to claim 12 , further comprising an upper insulating film and a lower insulating film which are arranged on two opposite sides of the conductive sheet respectively, and the electric connection region is not covered with the lower insulating film and/or the upper insulating film.

14. The sampling device according to claim 12 , wherein the conductive sheet is provided with a through hole, and the bendable portion passes through the through hole.

15. The sampling device according to claim 12 , wherein the conductive sheet is of a multi-layer structure, and/or the conductive sheet can be made of copper or a copper alloy.

16. The sampling device according to claim 12 , wherein the raised portion is provided with a recessed portion, and after the bendable portion is bent, a top portion of the bendable portion and the recessed portion are correspondingly arranged.

17. A battery module, comprising:

two or more secondary batteries; and

the sampling device according to claim 12 , wherein the second connecting portion of the signal transmission terminal is connected to the secondary battery so as to collect a voltage or temperature signal of the secondary battery.

18. A device using a battery module as a power source, comprising:

the battery module according to claim 17 for supplying electric energy to the device.

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 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2022
From: LI, LONG; WANG, CHONG; XU, WENCAI; WU, XINGYUAN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059609/0377 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202020912296.5 · May 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021087547 · Apr 15, 2021
Related Publication 20220238968A1 · Jul 28, 2022
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