| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 320154000 | Thermal switch (e.g., thermostat, bimetallic switch, etc.) | 6 |
| 20080252263 | Battery Pack and Electric Tool - A battery pack includes a plurality of lithium battery cells, an analog thermo sensing member, and an analog switch. The analog thermo sensing member detects, in an analog form, a battery temperature of at least one of the plurality of lithium battery cells, and outputs an output preventing signal if the battery temperature is over a first predetermined temperature. The analog switch element is the plurality of lithium battery cells in series, and is switched, based on the output preventing signal, to a state in which a current is prevented from flowing in the plurality of lithium battery cells. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080258690 | Thermal switching element and method for manufacturing the same - The present invention provides a thermal switching element that has a quite different configuration from that of a conventional technique and can control heat transfer by the application of energy, and a method for manufacturing the thermal switching element. The thermal switching element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a transition body arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The transition body includes a material that causes an electronic phase transition by application of energy. The thermal conductivity between the first electrode and the second electrode is changed by the application of energy to the transition body. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080284380 | BATTERY CHARGING APPARATUS - A battery charging apparatus connects secondary batteries of the battery pack, plurality of charge terminals and two discharge terminals to form plurality charge paths and a discharge path, which has a main switch provided on the discharge path, a main controller connecting the battery pack and the main switch, plurality of sub switches provided on the charge paths, plurality of sub controllers connecting secondary batteries of the battery pack and corresponding sub switches, a thermal controller connecting the main controller and a temperature switch. The temperature switch connects the sub switches. The main controller and sub controllers monitor charge state and discharge state of the battery pack to set the main switch and sub switches cut off the discharge path and the charge paths. The thermal controller monitors temperature of the battery pack and main switch to set the main switch and the sub switches cut off the discharge path and the charge paths. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090051326 | BATTERY OVERHEATING PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A battery overheating protection circuit includes a thermal resistor samples the temperature of the battery and converts the temperature into a temperature voltage, a comparison circuit compares the temperature voltage with a reference voltage for judging whether the temperature of the battery is higher than the maximum reference temperatures temperature or not. If yes, the comparison circuit outputs a protection signal to drive a charging module to stop charging the battery in the charging process, and to cut off the conducting path to draw power from the battery in the discharging process. The present invention sets two different maximum reference temperatures during charging process and discharging process by a reference voltage module, which makes the maximum allowable discharging temperature is higher than the maximum allowable charging temperature. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100201327 | BATTERY PACK - In a battery pack including a protection circuit, a series circuit of a thermistor and a resistor is disposed in a vicinity of a secondary battery and connected in parallel with the secondary battery. A connection detecting circuit is disposed to detect connection of a charging device to the battery pack. A comparator is disposed to compare a voltage of a junction point of the thermistor and the resistor with a reference voltage corresponding to a predetermined temperature. A gate circuit is disposed to activate an output signal of the comparator only when the connection of the charging device is detected. The protection circuit is arranged so that, when a temperature of the secondary battery exceeds the predetermined temperature, a switch element is turned off in accordance with the output signal of the comparator activated. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20130241500 | CHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A charge control circuit includes a resistance module, a voltage comparing module, and a charge control module. The resistance module includes a thermistor, and the resistance of the thermistor varies according to the temperature of a battery. The voltage comparing module is connected to the resistance module. The voltage comparing module compares the voltage of the thermistor with upper and lower voltage limits to determine whether the temperature of the battery is in the charge temperature range. If the voltage comparing module determines the voltage of the thermistor is outside the allowed range, the comparing module outputs a control signal to control the charge control module to stop charging the battery. | 09-19-2013 |
