Battery Sensor Association Using Current-Limited Circuit Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In electrical arrangements with multiple battery units, conventional methods for associating sensor devices with specific battery units are inefficient, often requiring physically distinct devices or arrangements to prevent data mixing, which can lead to severe consequences if incorrectly installed.
Innovation Solution
A method involving an electrical arrangement with two circuits connected by an electric current limiting device, where sensor devices detect voltage and current changes to determine their association with specific battery units, allowing identical sensor devices to be used and reducing installation errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physically different sensor devices or connection arrangements are used to ensure specific sensor-device-to-battery-unit association, then reliability of correct association is improved, but device complexity and ease of manufacture deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of electrical connectivity by introducing an electric current limiting device that creates asymmetric electrical paths. This allows identical sensor devices to be associated with specific battery units through electrical configuration rather than physical differentiation, resolving the contradiction between reliability and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The electric current limiting device acts as an intermediary between the sensor devices and battery units. It mediates the association by controlling current flow in a way that creates unique electrical signatures for each sensor-battery connection, eliminating the need for physically different sensors while ensuring correct pairing
2Reliability
If physically different sensor devices are required for each battery unit, then association accuracy is improved, but ease of operation and installation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the association mechanism from physical differentiation to electrical parameter differentiation. By using current limiting devices to create distinct electrical characteristics, the system allows identical sensor devices to be correctly associated with specific battery units, greatly simplifying installation and operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-association where sensor devices automatically identify their connected battery unit through the electrical characteristics imposed by the current limiting device. This eliminates the need for manual configuration or physical identification, making the system easy to operate and install
3Ease of manufacture
If identical sensor devices are used for multiple battery units, then ease of manufacture is improved, but reliability of correct association deteriorates without additional differentiation mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by changing the electrical parameters of the connection path rather than the sensor devices themselves. Identical sensors can be manufactured without differentiation, but the electric current limiting device creates unique electrical signatures for each connection, ensuring reliable association while maintaining manufacturing simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The current limiting device serves multiple functions: it limits current for safety and simultaneously creates unique electrical characteristics for association. This universal approach allows identical sensor devices to be reliably paired with specific battery units without requiring different sensor types
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
This method ensures accurate association of sensor devices with battery units, simplifies production and installation, and minimizes the risk of data mixing, thereby enhancing safety and efficiency in monitoring multiple battery units.
Implementation Method 1
the electrical arrangement comprises an electric current limiting device connecting the first electrical circuit to the second electrical circuit
Implementation Method 2
a first sensor device is connected to detect any one of a voltage and an electric current associated with one of the first and second electric battery units
Implementation Method 3
a first sensor device is connected to detect any one of a voltage and an electric current associated with one of the first and second electric battery units
Data Source
AI summary
A method for determining the association of a sensor device with a battery unit. A first circuit includes a first battery unit. A second circuit includes a second battery unit. An electric current limiting device connects the circuits to one another. A first sensor device detects a voltage or a current associated with one of the first and second battery units while a second sensor device detects a voltage or a current associated with the other one of the first and second battery units. The method includes activating an electrical energy consumer or an electrical energy producer of the first circuit, and upon detection of a voltage change or a current change by one of the first and second sensor devices, determining that the one of the first and second sensor devices which detects a voltage change or a current change is associated with the first battery unit.