Battery Sampling Wires With Protective Coating for Easier Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

The complexity of structural composition and inconvenient installation of sampling devices in battery systems hinder production efficiency and safety performance.

Innovation Solution

A sampling device with a sampling circuit board featuring first and second sampling wires, where a continuous or discontinuous protective layer is applied to the wires for oxidation resistance, allowing for simplified surface treatment and improved connection reliability, facilitating the acquisition of various battery parameters.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If surface treatment is applied only to the connection portion of the sampling wire, then the treatment process complexity increases due to structural limitation, but the sampling wire can acquire temperature signals

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoxidation resistance of sampling wireVSAvoidcomplexity of treatment process
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sampling wire is divided into two distinct segments: the connection portion remains bare metal for optimal electrical contact, while the body portion is coated with a protective layer for oxidation resistance. This segmentation allows each portion to have optimized properties for its specific function without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different portions of the sampling wire are given different surface qualities: the connection portion maintains bare metal surface for electrical conductivity and weldability, while the body portion receives a protective coating for corrosion and oxidation resistance. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by applying treatment only where needed rather than uniformly across the entire wire.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If the sampling device has a complex structural composition, then it can acquire multiple working parameters, but the installation becomes inconvenient and production efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecapability to acquire different working parametersVSAvoidconvenience of installation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The sampling wire structure is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both an electrical connection element and a temperature sensing element, while also providing mechanical support and protection through its coated structure. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate dedicated components for each function, simplifying the overall device structure while maintaining the capability to acquire multiple working parameters.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The sampling wire combines multiple functions into a single integrated component: electrical signal transmission, temperature signal acquisition, and structural support. By merging these functions into one element rather than using separate components, the device structure is simplified and installation becomes more convenient while still achieving versatile parameter acquisition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Simplifies the installation process, enhances production efficiency, and prolongs the service life of sampling wires by providing oxidation resistance and corrosion protection, ensuring accurate parameter acquisition and improved safety performance.

Implementation Method 1

a continuous or discontinuous protective layer is provided on a surface of at least one of the first sampling wire and the second sampling wire

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectOxidation resistance: Oxidation

Data Source

PatentUS20240250322A1Sampling device, battery and power consuming apparatus
Publication Date: 2024.07.25 CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
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AI summary

The present application provides a sampling device, a battery and a power consuming apparatus. The sampling device includes a sampling circuit board. The sampling circuit board has a first sampling wire and a second sampling wire. The first sampling wire and the second sampling wire are configured to acquire different working parameters of a battery module. A continuous or discontinuous protective layer is provided on a surface of at least one of the first sampling wire and the second sampling wire, and the first sampling wire and the second sampling wire are both connected to a signal output portion provided on the sampling circuit board. In the present application, the way of surface treatment for the entire sampling line is not limited by the structure of a connection portion, thereby avoiding the problem of an increased complexity of a treatment process due to the structural limitation of the connection portion.