IP Library Granted Patent US 7,659,639
Granted Patent B2
US 7,659,639 · App. 11/475,636 · Granted Feb 9, 2010

Connection unit for the connection of electrical components to a motor vehicle battery

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Patent No.
US 7,659,639
App. No.
11/475,636
Granted
Feb 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a connection unit for the connection of electrical and/or electronic components to a pole of a motor vehicle battery comprising a first conductor section that can be connected to a battery pole; a second conductor section originating from the first conductor section and including a main conductor and a bypass conductor, to which the at least one respective electrical and/or electronic component can be connected; an interruption unit, by which an electrical and/or electronic component connected to the main conductor can be electrically isolated from the battery; and at least one sensor for the measurement of a battery current and/or of a battery voltage.

Claims (13)

1. A connection unit for the connection of electrical and/or electronic components to a pole of a motor vehicle battery, comprising:

a first conductor section having a first conductor connectable to the battery pole;

a second conductor section that originates from the first conductor section and includes a bypass conductor and a main conductor, to which at least one electrical and/or electronic component can be connected in each case;

an interruption unit, by which an electrical and/or electronic component connected to the main conductor can be electrically isolated from the battery; the bypass conductor being uninterrupted so that an electrical and/or electronic component connected to the bypass conductor cannot be isolated from the battery by the connection unit; and

a sensor for the measurement of a battery current and/or of a battery voltage having a lead for connection to an external evaluation unit for a motor vehicle battery management system wherein the sensor is arranged in the second conductor section and connected directly to the bypass conductor.

2. A connection unit for the connection of electrical and/or electronic components to a pole of a motor vehicle battery, comprising:

a first conductor section having a first conductor connectable to the battery pole;

a second conductor section that originates from the first conductor section and includes a bypass conductor and a main conductor, to which at least one electrical and/or electronic component can be connected in each case;

an interruption unit, by which an electrical and/or electronic component connected to the main conductor can be electrically isolated from the battery; the bypass conductor being uninterrupted so that an electrical and/or electronic component connected to the bypass conductor cannot be isolated from the battery by the connection unit; and

a sensor for the measurement of a battery current and/or of a battery voltage having a lead for connection to an external evaluation unit for a motor vehicle battery management system, wherein the sensor is arranged in the first conductor section and directly connected to the first conductor.

3. A connection unit in accordance with claim 2 , further comprising a respective interface for the connection: (a) of an electrical and/or electronic onboard network of the motor vehicle to the bypass conductor; and (b) of a starter and of a generator of the motor vehicle to the main conductor.

4. A connection unit in accordance with claim 2 , further comprising a respective interface for the connection: (a) of an electrical and/or of an electronic onboard network and of a generator of the motor vehicle to the bypass conductor; (b) and of a starter of the motor vehicle to the main conductor.

5. A connection unit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the interruption unit is configured to be activated in dependence on a measured value output by the at least one sensor.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2024
From: APTIV MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SERVICES S.À R.L.
To: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 066551/0219 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 11, 2024
From: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES (2) S.À R.L.
To: APTIV MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SERVICES S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 066566/0173 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Feb 11, 2024
From: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES (2) S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 066746/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2018
From: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047143/0874 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2006
From: HOLD, KLAUS; ROSEMANN, ACHIM; HIRSCH, KRYSTIAN
To: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 018319/0716 →