U.S. patent application number 10/260283 was filed with the patent office on 2003-02-06 for charging device with stress stored by charging that is initiated by externally applied force, and that being eventually released by heat due to charging saturation.
Invention is credited to Yang, Tai-Her.
Application Number | 20030025477 10/260283 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 53871706 |
Filed Date | 2003-02-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030025477 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yang, Tai-Her |
February 6, 2003 |
Charging device with stress stored by charging that is initiated by
externally applied force, and that being eventually released by
heat due to charging saturation
Abstract
A secondary cell featuring transient rise in temp. once charged
to saturation, to be coupled and thereby forming a composite
structure with a charging assembly by mutual engagement of
conductive contacts provided on either part, the force of union
generated by the coupling will compress a thermosetting prestressed
means which is a spring or otherwise prestressed element while the
coupling brings the contacts into conduction by which the charging
is initiated, the momentum prestressed thereby will be released
once charging in the secondary cell reaches its saturation, and
that followed by cutoff of the charging current to the secondary
cell.
Inventors: |
Yang, Tai-Her; (Si-Hu Town,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE
FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
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Family ID: |
53871706 |
Appl. No.: |
10/260283 |
Filed: |
October 1, 2002 |
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10260283 |
Oct 1, 2002 |
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09769471 |
Jan 26, 2001 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
320/107 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04B 1/1027 20130101;
H02J 7/32 20130101; H04N 7/17309 20130101; H01M 2200/101 20130101;
H04N 5/2351 20130101; H01M 10/30 20130101; H04N 7/104 20130101;
H01M 50/50 20210101; H01M 50/581 20210101; H01M 2200/10 20130101;
Y02E 60/10 20130101; H01M 10/46 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
320/107 |
International
Class: |
H02J 007/00 |
Claims
1. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation, comprising a secondary
cell which is characterized by a transient rise in temp. once
charged to its saturation, and which can be one of a
nickel/cadmium, nickel/hydrogen, nickel/zinc, nickel/iron base
battery to be matched in a charging assembly therefor and both
executed per specific design, with conductive contacts provided on
both parts for the transmission of electric power, force of union
prevailing when both are combined together will suffice to compress
spring or other prestress element to be released of stress
previously stored in the wake of ambient heat, charging is made
when contacts on both parts are enabled one on one, forming a
coupled pair, and once the charging reaches its saturation, as
confirmed by a testing device provided therefor, addressed to the
secondary cell set, by the working of a mechanical thermosetting
prestress device the stress previously stored will be released
forthwith, and that sufficient to unmake the contact-to-contact
coupling theretofore established between the secondary cell set and
the charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts
on the secondary cell set alone, or those on or within the charging
assembly alone, and charging current to the secondary cell is cut
off at the same time. The cell charging saturation testing device
as mentioned in the foregoing can be any of a variety of
temperature sensors with the charging assembly and the secondary
cell set being combined vertically upwards and uncoupled downwards,
or alternatively combined downwardly and uncoupled upwardly in the
vertical orientation; or still combined and uncoupled horizontally;
or still combined and uncoupled in otherwise angular setting
relative to each other, whereof the prestressed thermosetting means
comprises: (1) Thermosetting flip-flop binary metal spring sheets;
(2) Thermosetting flip-flop binary metal retainer and spring; (3)
Having resilient positioning mortise joint and dovetail coupling
provided on both the charging assembly and the secondary battery
cell set to localize charging operation, and that complemented with
thermo-setting memory alloy or binary metal structure to be
deformed by heat expansion once charging that is taking place in
the secondary cell set has reached its saturation, when that occurs
conductive contacts binding the secondary cell set with the
charging assembly are brought apart, including alternatively
unmaking of contacts solely in the secondary cell set, or in the
charging assembly, or still inside the charging assembly, and power
supply is blocked forthwith; (4) Having conductive contacts on the
charging assembly and conductive contacts on the secondary cell set
retained resiliently in position with respect to each other,
forming thereby a pair, and having thermosetting memory alloy or
binary metal sheets or annular spring units arranged down the
secondary cell set once the cell set is loaded in place, so that a
secured attachment is made, so that thermal deformation which
occurs when the secondary cell set is charged to saturation will
bring the secondary cell set and the charging assembly apart from
each other by disengagement of the pair of contacts, including
alternatively unmaking of contacts solely in the secondary cell
set, or in the charging assembly, or still inside the charging
assembly, and power supply is blocked forthwith; (5) Having
thermosetting memory alloy or binary metal processed into
conductive contacts for the charging assembly, meant, in addition
to getting coupled to conductive contacts on the secondary cell
set, but also for holding the secondary cell set in position, such
conductive contacts for the charging assembly, on being heated by
saturation of charging of the secondary cell set, will get deformed
to release hold of the secondary cell set which will then fall
straight off the conductive contact and power supply is blocked
forthwith; (6) Having the contacts for the charging assembly
materialized by heat transformation of the memory alloy or binary
metal, together with another set of contacts likewise functioning
as a prestress spring coupled to the conductive contacts on the
secondary cell set, and to hold in place the same secondary cell
set at the same time, so that when conductive contacts on the
charging assembly, on receiving heat from the effect of saturation
of charging of the secondary cell set, becomes deformed to release
hold of the secondary cell set, the interactive coupling of
contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly
are defeated by the prestressed conductive contact functioning like
a prestressed spring, or alternatively the defeat be with respect
to the secondary cell set only, or to the charging assembly only,
or to internal contacts of the charging assembly only, power supply
is blocked forthwith, it is to be noted that both sets of
conductive contacts of the charging assembly may be those featuring
thermosetting or prestressed spring traits; Structured accordingly,
when the secondary cell is loaded into the charging assembly, force
applied externally will compel the cell to bring contacts on both
the charging assembly and the cell into conductive coupling
whereupon charging to the cell begins, and that in turn brings the
Battery Charging Saturation Testing Device to a testing state, once
the cell is charged to saturation, then both the Charging
Saturation Testing Device and the interfacing matched thereby will
respond to reset both the charging assembly and the cell set to a
released, that is, open state, and power supply to the secondary
cell set is blocked forthwith.
2. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 1,
whereof the temp. sensor is executed in the form of a flip-flop
binary metal base thermosetting spring interposed between the
secondary cell and the charging assembly, comprising essentially:
Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with the
secondary cell set H102, built in with D.C. power supply circuit
and with conductive contacts P101, P105 for coupling with
counterparts on the secondary cell; D.C. power supply: being a D.C.
system straight or one converted from an A.C. system through
rectification, serving to charge the secondary cell by way of a
charging circuit; Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an
insulation casing, incorporating a secondary cell B101 and
conductive contacts P102, P106 in line with the positive/negative
terminals of the secondary cell B101; on the interfacing of the
secondary cell H102 with the charging assembly H101 is provided a
thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring TH201;
Thermo-resetting binary flip-flop metal spring TH201: comprising
one or more pieces superposed in a same or opposite functional
direction, interposed between the interfacings of the charging
assembly H101 with the secondary cell set H102, to convert the
force applied on both when combined into stored stress to be
released whenever the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal
spring TH201 resets itself due to heat prevailing by a rise in
temp. due to charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation,
whereby correspondent contacts on both the secondary cell set and
on the charging assembly are defeated, including alternatively
unmaking of contacts solely on the secondary cell set or of those
on the charging assembly or still those within the charging
assembly, charging current in the secondary cell set blocked
altogether, the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring
TH201 is to be installed into the charging assembly.
3. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 2,
wherein by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 to
the charging assembly H101, to release the prestress stored in the
thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring TH201 when it is
reset by the heat which results from a rise in temp. as charging of
the secondary cell B101 reaches its saturation, so as to defeat the
coupling of contacts on both the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts
solely on the secondary cell set or on the charging assembly or
still within the charging assembly, so that charging current to the
secondary cell B101 is blocked forthwith, whereas conduction is
still maintained way between the contacts P101 on the charging
assembly H101 and contacts P102 on the secondary cell set H102, so
that by the addition of an auxiliary contact P100 which is in
series by a current limiting resistor R101 with the power supply,
conduction is made with the contact P106 on the secondary cell set
H102, thereby maintaining a small charging current as from the
power supply to the secondary cell.
4. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 1,
whereof the temp. sensor is executed in the form of a flip-flop
binary metal base thermosetting spring interposed between the
secondary cell and the charging assembly and comprising
essentially: Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling
with the secondary cell set H102, built in with D.C. power supply
circuit and with conductive contacts P101, P105 for coupling with
counterparts on the secondary cell; D.C. power supply: being a D.C.
system straight or one converted from an A.C. system through
rectification, serving to charge the secondary cell by way of a
charging circuit; Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an
insulation casing, incorporating a secondary cell B101 and
conductive contacts P102, P106 in line with the positive/negative
terminals of the secondary cell B101; on the interfacing of the
secondary cell H102 with the charging assembly H101 is provided a
thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring TH201;
Thermo-resetting binary flip-flop metal spring TH201: comprising
one or more pieces superposed in a same or opposite functional
direction, interposed between the interfacings of the charging
assembly H101 with the secondary cell set H102, to convert the
force applied on both when combined into stored stress to be
released whenever the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal
spring TH201 resets itself due to heat prevailing by a rise in
temp. due to charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation,
whereby correspondent contacts on both the secondary cell set and
on the charging assembly are defeated, including alternatively
unmaking of contacts solely on the secondary cell set or of those
on the charging assembly or still those within the charging
assembly, charging current in the secondary cell set blocked
altogether, the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring
TH201 is to be installed into the charging assembly.
5. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 4,
wherein by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 to
the charging assembly H101, to release the prestress stored in the
thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring TH201 when it is
reset by the heat which results from a rise in temp. as charging of
the secondary cell B101 reaches its saturation, so as to defeat the
coupling of contacts on both the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, so that charging current to the secondary cell
B101 is blocked forthwith, whereas conduction is still maintained
way between the contacts P101 on the charging assembly H101 and the
contacts P102 on the secondary cell set H102, so that by the
addition of an auxiliary contact P100 which is in series by a
current limiting resistor R101 with the power supply, conduction is
made with the contact P106 on the secondary cell set H102, thereby
maintaining a small charging current as from the power supply to
the secondary cell.
6. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 1,
whereof the temp. sensor is executed in the form of a memory alloy
or binary metal base thermosetting structure interposed between the
secondary cell and the charging assembly, comprising essentially;
Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with the
secondary cell set H102, equipped with D.C. power supply and
contacts P101, P105 for coupling with the secondary cell set H102;
D.C. power supply: being a D.C. power supply straight or as
converted through rectification from an A.C. source, serving to
charge the secondary cell by way of a charging circuit; Secondary
cell set H102: enclosed in an insulation casing, equipped with a
secondary cell B101 and contacts P102, P106 meant for coupling with
the positive/negative terminals of the secondary cell B101; the
interfacing between the secondary cell set H102 and the charging
assembly H101 is equipped with a memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure TH501; At least one elastic positioning
tenon L100 equipped on the secondary cell H102, correspondent with
mortise S300 provided on the charging assembly H101, this forming a
pair which may be reciprocally structured; Memory alloy or binary
metal base thermosetting structure TH501: being singly or plurally
provided, way between the coupling front of both the charging
assembly H101 and the secondary cell H102, so that compression is
received when both are combined together, and when there is a rise
in temp. due to saturation of charging in the secondary cell B101,
the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501
will, affected by the heat produced thereby, expand to the effect
that the coupling of elastic tenon with mortise binding the
secondary cell H102 with the charging assembly H101 is defeated,
and the contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell and
the charging assembly is undone, including alternatively unmaking
of contacts on the secondary cell only, or on the charging assembly
only, or still on those contacts within the charging assembly only,
and charging current to the secondary cell B101 is cut off
forthwith, the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting
structure TH501 may be equipped on the charging assembly H101 or
alternatively, where justified, on the secondary cell H102.
7. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 6,
wherein by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 to
the charging assembly H101, once a rise in temp. is occasioned by
the charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation, such
that the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure
TH501 resets itself due to the heat produced thereby, the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell and the
charging assembly will be defeated, including alternatively
defeating of contacts on the secondary cell set only, or of
contacts on the charging assembly only, or of those within the
charging assembly only, and the charging current to the secondary
cell B101 is cut off forthwith, at this juncture contact P101 on
the charging assembly H101 is still maintained conductive with
contacts P102 on the secondary cell H102, by the provision of an
auxiliary contact P100 which is in series with power supply by the
intervention of a current limiting resistor R101, conductive
contact P106 on the secondary cell H102 is made conductive so that
an ongoing small current is maintained way from power supply to the
secondary cell B101.
8. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 1,
whereof the temp. sensor is executed in the form of a memory alloy
or binary metal base thermosetting contact for conduction purposes
in conjunction with a compression spring interposed between the
secondary cell and the charging assembly, comprising essentially:
Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with the
secondary cell set H102, comprising a D.C. power supply and memory
alloy or binary metal base thermosetting contacts P101, P105 meant
for coupling with counterpart contacts on the secondary cell set
H102; D.C. power supply: being D.C. power supply straight or as
converted through rectification from an A.C. source, to charge the
secondary cell set by way of a charging circuit; Secondary cell set
H102: enclosed in an insulation casing, equipped with secondary
cell B101, and contacts P312, P311 meant for coupling with
positive/negative terminals of the secondary cell B101; the
interfacing between the secondary cell set H102 and the charging
assembly H101 being equipped with compressible piece of or annular
spring; The secondary cell set H102 being furnished with contacts
P311, P312 complete with positioning mortise thereon, and the
charging assembly H101 is equipped with memory alloy or binary
metal base thermosetting contacts THP101, THP102 which are
reciprocally replaceable; Compressible piece of or annular spring
SP103: a spring as such interposed way between the coupling
interfacing of the charging assembly H101 and the secondary cell
set H102, when both are coupled the compression produced thereby
will leave its effect upon same spring SP103, when charging in the
secondary cell B101 reaches its saturation to incur a rise in temp.
accompanied with heat produced thereby to deform the memory alloy
or binary metal base thermosetting contacts THP101, THP102, the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set H102 and
the charging assembly H101 will be defeated concurrent with cutoff
of charging current to the secondary cell B101, and the compression
spring SP103 is released at the same time to unmake the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts on
the secondary cell only, or unmaking of contacts on or within the
charging assembly only.
9. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is initiated
by externally applied force and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation according to claim 8,
wherein by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 to
the charging assembly H101, once a rise in temp. is occasioned by
the charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation, such
that the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting contacts
THP101, THP102 rest themselves due to the heat produced thereby,
the contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell and the
charging assembly will be defeated, including alternatively
defeating of contacts on the secondary cell set only, or of
contacts on or within the charging assembly only, and the charging
current to the secondary cell B101 is cut off forthwith, at this
juncture contact THP101 on the charging assembly H101 is still
maintained conductive with contact P311 on the secondary cell set
H102, and by the provision of an auxiliary contact P100 in series
with a current limiting resistor R101 in line with power supply,
conduction is made with contact P312 on the secondary cell set
H102, and that making possible the maintaining of an ongoing, small
current charged by the power supply to the secondary cell B101.
10. Charging device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, whereof the temp. sensor is executed in the form of a
memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure
interposed between the secondary cell and the charging assembly,
comprising essentially: Charging assembly H101: in plane or
dovetail coupling with the secondary cell set H102, furnished with
D.C. power supply and contacts P101, P105 for coupling with the
secondary cell set H102, as well as trigger switch LS101 in control
of power supply for charging purposes by switching on or off the
input or output of the said power supply; D.C. power supply: being
a D.C. power supply straight or as converted through rectification
from an A.C. source to charge the secondary cell by way of a
charging circuit; Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an
insulation casing and incorporating a secondary cell B101 and
contacts P102, P106 in line with positive/negative terminals of the
secondary cell B101; the coupling interfacing of the secondary cell
set H102 and the charging assembly H101 being interposed with a
memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501;
Conventional emplacement for charging stability interposed between
the secondary cell set H102 and the charging assembly H101; Memory
alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501: provided
singly or plurally, interposed way between the interfacing of the
charging assembly H101 and the secondary cell set H102 and
compressed tight when both are combined together, and will drive,
by the heat produced when charging in the secondary cell B101
reaches its saturation, the auxiliary electric heater HT101, which
in turn results in an expansion of the memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting structure TH501, and that eventually defeats the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts on
the secondary cell set alone or of contacts on or within the
charging assembly alone, such that the trigger switch LS101
controlling the power supply is driven open, and charging current
to the secondary cell B101 cut off forthwith.
11. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, wherein by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact
P100 to the charging assembly H101, when charging in the secondary
cell B101 reaches its saturation with heat produced thereby
invested in the form of electric power which in turn drives the
auxiliary electric heater HT101 to yield thermal energy sufficient
to reset the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting
structure TH501, the contact-to-contact coupling between the
secondary cell set and the charging assembly is defeated, including
alternatively defeating of the contacts on the secondary cell set
only, or of the contacts on or within the charging assembly only,
and charging current to the secondary cell B101 is cut off
forthwith, at this juncture charging assembly H101 by its contact
P101 and the secondary cell set H102 through its contact P102 are
maintained mutually conductive all the same, while the auxiliary
contact P100 in series with the power supply by way of a current
limiting resistor R101 maintains conductive with contact P106 on
the secondary cell B101, such that small but ongoing current is
maintained way from power supply to the secondary cell B101 for
charging purposes.
12. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, incorporating a composite structure formed by the coupling
of a secondary cell set which is executed in a block with a
charging assembly accessed by an open chute channel, and
comprising: A charging assembly H101: to be coupled with the
secondary cell set vertically upwardly, and disengaged therefrom
downwardly; or alternatively to be coupled downwardly and
disengaged upwardly; or still coupled and disengaged horizontally;
or else coupled and disengaged in otherwise chosen angular
settings; on which is provided a chute channel to accommodate the
secondary cell set H102; furnished with D.C. power supply and
contacts P801, P805 as well as permanent magnet PM300, and memory
alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501 or
alternatively a helicoidal spring TH601 of the same base and to the
same purpose; on the secondary cell set H102 are equipped contacts
P802, P806 for coupling with the secondary cell B101 within and
magnet core F102; when the charging assembly H101 and the secondary
cell set H102 are combined, mutual attraction between said Magnet
core F102 on the secondary cell set H102 and the Permanent Magnet
PM300 on the charging assembly will compress the memory alloy or
binary metal base thermosetting structure TG501, or a helicoidal
spring execution thereof TG601 to thermally induced deformation,
thereby setting contacts P801, P805 on the charging assembly into
conduction with contacts P802, P806 on the secondary cell set,
followed by charging with respect to the secondary cell B101 since
the secondary cell set is equipped with thermo-transmission block
TC101 which is coupled to the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure TH501 on the charging assembly, when
charging in the secondary cell reaches its saturation concurrent
with the release of heat, the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure TH501 will discharge a push in the wake of
such a heat, and that push sufficient to disengage both the magnet
core F102 and the permanent magnet PM300, and coacting contact
pairs on both the secondary cell set and on the charging assembly
are defeated in suit, including alternatively the defeating of
contacts on the secondary cell set alone, or on or within the
charging assembly alone, and charging current to the secondary cell
B101 is cut off forthwith.
13. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, wherein by the furthermore a secondary cell charging means
of which both positive/negative terminals are meant to be accessed
to axial receptacles on specific applications, such that in the
wake of a rise in temp. occasioned by charging of the secondary
cell to its saturation, the secondary cell set will get rid of the
charging electrode, and that resulting in cutoff of charging
current, for execution this model comprises essentially: A
reciprocal, resilient pair of retention formed by contacts P400,
P401 on the charging assembly H101 with contacts P500, P501 on the
secondary cell set H102, and a memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure TH801 executed in a metal sheet or
helicoidal spring, positioned under the secondary cell set, which
cell set H102 sets steady and stable when loaded with a secondary
cell B101 therein, and said thermosetting structure TH801 will get
deformed thermally when the secondary cell set H102 is charged to
its saturation, and that sufficient to unmake the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts on
the secondary cell only, or of contacts on or within the charging
assembly only, and the charging operation is cut off forthwith, in
respect of this model the embodiments include representations
in.
14. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, incorporating additionally a secondary cell charging
assembly with positive/negative electrodes provided on axial ends
thereof such that charging to the electrodes is terminated once a
rise in temp. is occasioned by the charging to saturation, and
charging current is cut off forthwith, and comprising essentially:
Contacts P402, P403 as conduction points for the memory alloy or
binary metal base thermosetting structure, serving more than
coupling for conduction purpose with counterpart contacts P500,
P501 on the secondary cell set H102, also to store and exhibit
resilient retention for holding the secondary cell set H102, and,
by incorporating compressible spring SP104, executed in a piece or
helicoidal spring, integral with the secondary cell B101 when it is
loaded into the secondary cell set H102, will account for a
compression means, so that they, the contacts P402, P403, given the
attribute as such, will get deformed by the heat released once
charging in the secondary cell reaches its saturation, when that
happens, the secondary cell set H102 is released, and the
compression spring SP104 will defeat forthright the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell and the
charging assembly, including alternatively defeating of contacts
only of the secondary cell set, or of or within the charging
assembly, and the charging feature is defeated forthwith.
15. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, incorporating additionally a secondary cell charging
assembly with positive/negative electrodes provided on axial ends
thereof such that charging to the electrodes is terminated once a
rise in temp. is occasioned by the charging to saturation, and
charging current is cut off forthwith, and comprising essentially:
By the contacts P405 furnished on the memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting charging assembly H101, as well as another set
of contacts PSP406 featuring a prestressed spring function,
extended with an insulated stretch arm A100, when a secondary cell
set is laden, coupling will be made with respect to contacts P500,
P501 on the secondary cell set H102, which, together with the
secondary cell set H102 being clamped in the meantime, will start
charging with respect to the secondary cell set, whereupon the
engaging head AT100 on the tail end of the insulated stretch arm
A100 is matched with counterpart engaging receptacle BT100 on the
tail end of memory alloy base, thermosetting contact P405, in a
prestressed engagement, when charging in the secondary cell set
H102 reaches its saturation to release heat, contact P405 on the
charging assembly H101, on receiving said heat, will get deformed,
resulting in dissociation of the insulated stretch arm A100 on the
contact PSP406 that is retained by prestress, apart from the
engaging receptacle BT100, such that the secondary cell set H102 is
released, then the prestress stored in the insulated stretch arm
A100 on the contact PSP406 enabled by said prestress will bring
contact-to-contact coupling thus far established between the
secondary cell set and the charging assembly apart, including
alternatively disengagement of contacts on the secondary cell set
only or contacts on or within the charging assembly only, and power
supply for charging purposes cut off forthwith. As an alternative
structure the two sets of contacts on the charging assembly H101
may comprise entirely prestressed thermosetting, spring-functioning
contacts with extension of an insulated stretch arm.
16. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, incorporating additionally a secondary cell charging
assembly with positive/negative electrodes provided on axial ends
thereof such that charging to the electrodes is terminated once a
rise in temp. is occasioned by the charging to saturation, and
charging current is cut off forthwith, and comprising essentially:
Contacts P407, P408 on the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting charging assembly H101, serving more than being
coupled to contacts P500, P501 on the secondary cell set H102, to
holding the secondary cell set H102 in place as well, when the
secondary cell set H102 is charged to saturation followed with
release of heat, contacts P407, P408 on the charging assembly H101,
receiving the heat, will release hold of the secondary cell set
H102, so that the secondary cell set H102 will drop forthright
clear of contacts P407, P408, and the charging capability is
blocked forthwith.
17. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, whereof the temp. sensor may be provided singly or
plurally embodied in any structure fit and proper for the purpose
of application but essentially thermosetting type, to enhance the
safety feature of the Device, including the incorporation of any
conventional design of automatic cutoff means for combined
operation, the applications including: (1) Those provided with
auxiliary heater which will produce heat when receiving electric
power incurred by saturation of charging in the secondary cell set,
the auxiliary heater being of a flip-flop binary metal prestressed
design or of a thermosetting binary metal design, heat thus
produced will unmake straight contact-to-contact coupling between
the secondary cell set and the charging assembly, including
alternatively unmaking of contacts on the secondary cell set only
or of or within the charging assembly only, so that power supply is
cut off forthwith; or (2) Those provided with flip-flop binary
metal prestressed spring or memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure which, when receiving heat that is produced
as charging in the secondary cell reaches its saturation, will
unmake the contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell
set and the charging assembly, including alternatively, unmaking of
contacts on the secondary cell only, or unmaking of contacts on or
within the charging assembly, such that power supply is cut off
forthwith; or (3) Those provided with a resilient positioning means
comprising a memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting
structure which, together with a compression spring seated way
between the charging assembly and the secondary cell set, will, by
releasing the spring due to triggering effect when the
thermosetting resets itself in the wake of effectual heat, unmake
the secondary cell and power supply is cut off forthwith; or (4)
Those provided with a resilient positioning means which is bound by
conductive contacts and made from a memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting structure which, when receiving an effectual
heat, will trigger off a prestressed spring that is seated way
between the charging assembly and the secondary cell set, so that
the secondary charging cell is disengaged and the power supply to
which the charging is due is cut off forthwith; or (5) Those on
which the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure
is executed to be a charging assembly with conductive contacts
thereon furnished to accommodate coupling with counterpart contacts
on the secondary cell set, and meantime to hold the same secondary
cell set in place, said contacts on the charging assembly, when
affected by the heat released from the secondary cell as it is
charged to saturation, will get deformed, thereby releasing the
secondary cell set which will then drop off said contacts, and
charging operation is cut off forthwith; (6) Those structured such
that by the contacts furnished on the memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting charging assembly, as well as another set of
contacts featuring a prestressed spring function, extended with an
insulated stretch arm, when a secondary cell set is laden, coupling
will be made with respect to contacts on the secondary cell set,
which, together with the secondary cell set being clamped in the
meantime, will start charging with respect to the secondary cell
set, whereupon the engaging head on the tail end of the insulated
stretch arm is matched with counterpart engaging receptacle on the
tail end of memory alloy base, thermosetting contact, in a
prestressed engagement, when charging in the secondary cell set
reaches its saturation to release heat, contact on the charging
assembly, on receiving said heat, will get deformed, resulting in
dissociation of the insulated stretch arm on the contact that is
retained by prestress, apart from the engaging receptacle, such
that the secondary cell set is released, then the prestress stored
in the insulated stretch arm on the contact enabled by said
prestress will bring contact-to-contact coupling thus far
established between the secondary cell set and the charging
assembly apart, including alternatively disengagement of contacts
on the secondary cell set only or contacts on or within the
charging assembly only, and power supply for charging purposes cut
off forthwith. As an alternative structure the two sets of contacts
on the charging assembly may comprise entirely prestressed
thermosetting, spring-functioning contacts with extension of an
insulated stretch arm; or (7) Those employing altogether two or
more of any testing devices specified in item 1 through item 6
disclosed hereinbefore; or
18. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, whereof the charging assembly H101 and the secondary cell
set H102 is designed with purposes of application taken into
account, such that: (1) The secondary cell set is executed in a bar
for coupling with the charging assembly that is configured like a
bee-hive; or (2) The secondary cell set is executed in a block for
coupling with the charging assembly which is also executed in a
block; or (3) The secondary cell set is executed in a block for
coupling with the charging assembly which is fitted with an open
chute channel to accommodate the coupling purpose; or (4) The
charging assembly and the secondary cell set are executed for
coupling in a vertically upward orientation, but uncoupling in a
downward orientation; or alternatively for coupling and uncoupling
in the horizontal direction; or still for coupling and uncoupling
in otherwise angular setting appropriate to specific
applications;
19. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, whereof the thermosetting structure derives its
displacement due to deformation in the wake of a change in temp. of
the shell casing thereof occasioned by the gas or fluid or liquid
loaded therein and which abides by the law of expansion in the
presence of heat but shrinkage in the presence of a decrease in
ambient temperature.
20. Charging Device with stress stored by charging that is
initiated by externally applied force and the stored stress being
eventually released by heat due to charging saturation according to
claim 1, whereof the secondary cell set is composed of one single
cell or battery or alternatively of two or more cells or batteries
connected in series or in parallel.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Along with booming development of hand-held type or portable
electric appliances or utilities secondary rechargeable batteries
or cells are finding ever more extensive applications from day to
day, that being the background, the present invention relates to an
embodiment comprising a charging assembly and a secondary battery
set to be mounted therein and being matched therewith,
characterized with transient temperature rise in response to a
charging saturation, such as, for example, a nickel/cadmium, a
nickel/hydrogen, a nickel/zinc, or a ferrous nickel cell, executed
in a specific configuration, both parts being furnished with
conductive contacts to facilitate transfer of electric power to
each other, once force is applied thereto, a spring will be
compressed to store stress, meantime contacts are brought into
conduction to initiate a charging cycle, stress stored in the
spring will be released by control of both the saturation testing
device and the interfacing matched thereto, whereby contacts
binding the secondary cell and the charging assembly are undone,
the undoing may be made with respect only to the secondary battery
cell, or only to the charging assembly, or still only to conductive
contacts inside the charging assembly, so that charging current in
the secondary cell is cut off altogether; said saturation testing
device comprising: temperature sensor to test the rise in
temperature when the cell charging reaches its saturation, and that
in turn serving to determine the timing to cut off charging once
saturation is reached, or alternatively a temperature testing means
may be provided with conductive contacts in the charging assembly,
so that the battery cell is secured in place when inserted into the
charging assembly and a stable conduction is made way between the
entire charging assembly and the cell, so that charging may occur
with respect to the cell alright, in the meantime, the temperature
sensor is maintained in a set status under test until when
saturation occurs on the cell that is being charged, cell going
through a rise in temperature to bring the temperature sensor to a
respondent reaction, whereby the charging assembly and the cell are
driven to a on-release, cutoff status, and power supply to the
secondary cell is cut off, charging current blocked
accordingly.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a combination to specific
configuration of a secondary battery cell set characterized with a
transient temp. rise when charged to saturation, with a charging
assembly which goes with the battery set, both parts being
furnished with conductive contacts to transfer power between
themselves, by the force prevailing when both are embodied together
heat produced by the spring that is being applied at the same time
or due to other storage parts is applied to release the prestressed
means, conductive contacts are thereby brought into conduction, and
a charging cycle is initiated, when charging to the secondary cell
reaches saturation, heat will intervene to release the prestressed
state whereby conductive contacts on both the secondary cell set
and the charging assembly are pushed apart, and charging current
theretofore charging to the secondary cell is cut off
altogether.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0003] FIG. 1 is a first embodiment of the invention whereof the
temperature sensor is executed in the form of a thermo-resetting
flip-flop metal spring interposed way between the secondary cell
and the charging assembly;
[0004] FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram for the illustration under FIG.
1;
[0005] FIG. 3 is a second embodiment of the invention;
[0006] FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram for the illustration under FIG.
3;
[0007] FIG. 5 is a third embodiment of the invention whereof the
temperature sensor is executed in the form of a thermo-resetting
flip-flop metal spring interposed way between the secondary cell
and the charging assembly;
[0008] FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram for the illustration under FIG.
5;
[0009] FIG. 7 is a fourth embodiment of the invention;
[0010] FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram for the illustration under FIG.
7;
[0011] FIG. 9 is a fifth embodiment of a invention whereof the
temperature sensor is executed in the form of a memory alloy or
alternatively of a thermo-setting binary metal installed way
between the secondary cell and the charging assembly;
[0012] FIG. 10 is a sixth embodiment of the invention whereof the
member in the form of a memory alloy or of a thermosetting binary
metal as pursuant to the embodiment exemplified under FIG. 9 is
installed in the secondary cell set instead;
[0013] FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram good for either FIG. 9 or FIG.
10;
[0014] FIG. 12 is a seventh embodiment of the invention;
[0015] FIG. 13 is an eighteen embodiment of the invention whereof
the memory alloy or thermosetting binary metal as pursuant to the
exemplification under FIG. 12 is installed in the secondary
cell;
[0016] FIG. 14 is a circuit diagram good for both illustrations
under FIG. 12 and FIG. 13.
[0017] FIG. 15 is a ninth embodiment of the invention whereof the
temperature sensor is executed in the form of a compression spring
in conjunction with a thermosetting conductive contact made of a
memory alloy or of a binary metal, installed way between the
secondary cell set and the charging assembly;
[0018] FIG. 16 is a circuit diagram representative of the
exemplification given under FIG. 15;
[0019] FIG. 17 is a tenth embodiment of the invention;
[0020] FIG. 18 is a circuit diagram representative of the
exemplification given under FIG. 17;
[0021] FIG. 19 is an eleventh embodiment of the invention whereof
the temperature sensor is executed in the form of a memory alloy or
a thermosetting binary metal, installed way between the secondary
cell set and the charging assembly;
[0022] FIG. 20 is a twelfth embodiment of the invention;
[0023] FIG. 21 is a thirteenth embodiment of the invention
illustrates the invention embodied by the combination of the block
of a secondary cell set with a charging circuit featuring an open
guided channel;
[0024] FIG. 22 illustrates the invention in a charging state which
accounts for a fourteenth embodiment hereunder;
[0025] FIG. 23 is a fourteenth embodiment of the invention whereof
power supply is blocked by the disengagement of connection contacts
between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly, including
alternatively, disengagement of conductive contacts only of the
secondary cell set, or of the charging assembly, or of contacts
inside the charging assembly, occasioned by a charging
saturation;
[0026] FIG. 24 illustrates a charging state of a fifteenth
embodiment of the invention;
[0027] FIG. 25 illustrates the working of the fifteenth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of connection contacts between the secondary cell set
and the charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement
of conductive contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the
charging assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0028] FIG. 26 illustrates a sixteenth embodiment of the invention
in a charging state;
[0029] FIG. 27 illustrates the working of the sixteenth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of connection contacts between the secondary cell set
and the charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement
of conductive contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the
charging assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0030] FIG. 28 is a seventeenth embodiment of the invention seen in
a charging state;
[0031] FIG. 29 illustrates the working of the seventeenth
embodiment of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of connection contacts between the secondary cell set
and the charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement
of conductive contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the
charging assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0032] FIG. 30 illustrates the charging state of an eighteenth
embodiment of the invention;
[0033] FIG. 31 illustrates the working of the eighteenth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of connection contacts between the secondary cell set
and the charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement
of conductive contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the
charging assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0034] FIG. 32 illustrates a charging state of a nineteenth
embodiment of the invention;
[0035] FIG. 33 illustrates the working of the nineteenth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of connection contacts between the secondary cell set
and the charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement
of conductive contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the
charging assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0036] FIG. 34 illustrates a charging state of a twentieth
embodiment of the invention;
[0037] FIG. 35 illustrates the working of the twentieth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of connection contacts between the secondary cell set
and the charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement
of conductive contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the
charging assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0038] FIG. 36 illustrates a charging state of a twenty first
embodiment of the invention;
[0039] FIG. 37 illustrates the twenty first embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
connection contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging
assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of conductive
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the charging
assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly, occasioned
by a charging saturation;
[0040] FIG. 38 illustrates a charging state of a twenty second
embodiment of the invention;
[0041] FIG. 39 illustrates the twenty second embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
connection contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging
assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of conductive
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the charging
assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly, occasioned
by a charging saturation;
[0042] FIG. 40 illustrates a charging state of a twenty third
embodiment of the invention;
[0043] FIG. 41 illustrates a twenty third embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
connection contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging
assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of conductive
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the charging
assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly, occasioned
by a charging saturation;
[0044] FIG. 42 illustrates a charging state of a twenty fourth
embodiment of the invention; and,
[0045] FIG. 43 illustrates a twenty fourth embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
connection contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging
assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of conductive
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of the charging
assembly, or of contacts inside the charging assembly, occasioned
by a charging saturation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0046] As covered by the present invention, the cell charging
saturation testing device can be any of variety of temperature
sensors with the charging assembly and the secondary battery cell
set being combined vertically upwards and uncoupled downwards, or
alternatively combined downwardly and uncoupled upwardly in the
vertical orientation; or still combined and uncoupled horizontally;
or still combined and uncoupled in otherwise angular setting
relative to each other, whereof the prestressed thermosetting means
comprises:
[0047] 1. Thermosetting flip-flop binary metal spring sheets;
[0048] 2. Thermosetting flip-flop binary metal retainer and
spring;
[0049] 3. Having resilient positioning mortise joint and dovetail
coupling provided on both the charging assembly and the secondary
battery cell set to localize charging operation, and that
complemented with thermo-setting memory alloy or binary metal
structure to be deformed by heat expansion once charging that is
taking place in the secondary cell set has reached its saturation,
when that occurs conductive contacts binding the secondary cell set
with the charging assembly are brought apart, including
alternatively unmaking of contacts solely in the secondary cell
set, or in the charging assembly, or still inside the charging
assembly, and power supply is blocked forthwith;
[0050] 4. Having conductive contacts on the charging assembly and
conductive contacts on the secondary cell set retained resiliently
in position with respect to each other, forming thereby a pair, and
having thermosetting memory alloy or binary metal sheets or annular
spring units arranged down the secondary cell set once the cell set
is loaded in place, so that a secured attachment is made, so that
thermal deformation which occurs when the secondary cell set is
charged to saturation will bring the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly apart from each other by disengagement of the
pair of contacts, including alternatively unmaking of contacts
solely in the secondary cell set, or in the charging assembly, or
still inside the charging assembly, and power supply is blocked
forthwith;
[0051] 5. Having thermosetting memory alloy or binary metal
processed into conductive contacts for the charging assembly,
meant, in addition to getting coupled to conductive contacts on the
secondary cell set, but also for holding the secondary cell set in
position, such conductive contacts for the charging assembly, on
being heated by saturation of charging of the secondary cell set,
will get deformed to release hold of the secondary cell set which
will then fall straight off the conductive contact and power supply
is blocked forthwith;
[0052] 6. Having the contacts for the charging assembly
materialized by heat transformation of the memory alloy or binary
metal, together with another set of contacts likewise functioning
as a prestress spring coupled to the conductive contacts on the
secondary cell set, and to hold in place the same secondary cell
set at the same time, so that when conductive contacts on the
charging assembly, on receiving heat from the effect of saturation
of charging of the secondary cell set, becomes deformed to release
hold of the secondary cell set, the interactive coupling of
contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly
are defeated by the prestressed conductive contact functioning like
a prestressed spring, or alternatively the defeat be with respect
to the secondary cell set only, or to the charging assembly only,
or to internal contacts of the charging assembly only, power supply
is blocked forthwith, it is to be noted that both sets of
conductive contacts of the charging assembly may be those featuring
thermosetting or prestressed spring traits.
[0053] Structured accordingly, when the secondary cell is loaded
into the charging assembly, force applied externally will compel
the cell to bring contacts on both the charging assembly and the
cell into conductive coupling whereupon charging to the cell
begins, and that in turn brings the Battery Charging Saturation
Testing Device to a testing state, once the cell is charged to
saturation, then both the Charging Saturation Testing Device and
the interfacing matched thereby will respond to reset both the
charging assembly and the cell set to a released, that is, open
state, and power supply to the secondary cell set is blocked
forthwith.
[0054] A first embodiment of the invention whereof the temp. sensor
is executed in the form of a thermo-resetting flip-flop binary
metal spring interposed way between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly is illustrated in FIG. 1, when the secondary cell
set H102 and the charging assembly H101 are coupled together, the
force of union occasioned thereby will compel the thermo-resetting
flip-flop binary metal spring TH201 revert its state so that
contacts P102, P106 on the secondary cell set H102 and contacts
P101, P105 on the charging assembly H101 are brought conductive
altogether, and that bringing the charging power from the charging
assembly H101 to charge the secondary cell set H102, such that when
charging of the secondary cell B101 reaches its saturation, that
accompanied with a rising of temp. to a predetermined level, the
thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring TH201 interposed way
between the secondary cell set H102 and the charging assembly H101
will reset thermally to release its stored prestress, thus setting
apart correspondent contacts on the secondary cell set and on the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking solely of the
contacts on the secondary cell set, or of the charging assembly, or
solely inside the charging assembly, charging current to the
secondary cell B101 is thereby cut off, such an embodiment
comprises essentially:
[0055] Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with
the secondary cell set H102, built in with D.C. power supply
circuit and with conductive contacts P101, P105 for coupling with
counterparts on the secondary cell;
[0056] D.C. power supply: being a D.C. system straight or one
converted from an A.C. system through rectification, serving to
charge the secondary cell by way of a charging circuit;
[0057] Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an insulation casing,
incorporating a secondary cell B101 and conductive contacts P102,
P106 in line with the positive/negative terminals of the secondary
cell B101; on the interfacing of the secondary cell H102 with the
charging assembly H101 is provided a thermo-resetting flip-flop
binary metal spring TH201;
[0058] Thermo-resetting binary flip-flop metal spring TH201:
comprising one or more pieces superposed in a same or opposite
functional direction, interposed between the interfacings of the
charging assembly H101 with the secondary cell set H102, to convert
the force applied on both when combined into stored stress to be
released whenever the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal
spring TH201 resets itself due to heat prevailing by a rise in
temp. due to charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation,
whereby correspondent contacts on both the secondary cell set and
on the charging assembly are defeated, including alternatively
unmaking of contacts solely on the secondary cell set or of those
on the charging assembly or still those within the charging
assembly, charging current in the secondary cell set blocked
altogether, the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring
TH201 is to be installed into the charging assembly.
[0059] A circuit diagram for the example under FIG. 1 is given in
FIG. 2: where the power to charge the secondary cell set is D.C. by
way of the conductive contacts common on both the charging assembly
and the secondary cell set.
[0060] A second embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG.
3, which is in fact a modification of the exemplification under
FIG. 1 by the addition of an auxiliary contact P100 onto the
charging assembly H101, to release the prestress stored in the
thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring TH201 when it is
reset by the heat which results from a rise in temp. as charging of
the secondary cell B101 reaches its saturation, so as to defeat the
coupling of contacts on both the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts
solely on the secondary cell set or on the charging assembly or
still within the charging assembly, so that charging current to the
secondary cell B101 is blocked forthwith, whereas conduction is
still maintained way between the contacts P101 on the charging
assembly H101 and contacts P102 on the secondary cell set H102, so
that by the addition of an auxiliary contact P100 which is in
series by a current limiting resistor R101 with the power supply,
conduction is made with the contact P106 on the secondary cell set
H102, thereby maintaining a small charging current as from the
power supply to the secondary cell.
[0061] A circuit diagram of the example under FIG. 3 is given in
FIG. 4.
[0062] A third embodiment of the invention whereof the temp. sensor
is executed in the form of a thermo-resetting binary flip-flop
metal spring way between the secondary cell and the charging
assembly is illustrated in FIG. 5 when the secondary cell set H102
and the charging assembly H101 are coupled together, the force of
union occasioned thereby will compel the thermo-resetting flip-flop
binary metal spring TH201 revert its state so that contacts P102,
P106 on the secondary cell set H102 and contacts P101, P105 on the
charging assembly H101 are brought conductive altogether, and that
bringing the charging power from the charging assembly H101 to
charge the secondary cell set H102, such that when charging of the
secondary cell B101 reaches its saturation, that accompanied with a
rising in temp. to a predetermined level, the thermo-resetting
flip-flop binary metal spring TH201 interposed between the
secondary cell set and the charging assembly H101 will reset
thermally to release its stored prestress, thus setting apart
correspondent contacts on the secondary cell set and on the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking solely of the
contacts on the secondary cell set, or of the charging assembly, or
solely inside the charging assembly, charging current to the
secondary cell B101 is thereby blocked, such an embodiment
comprises essentially:
[0063] Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with
the secondary cell set H102, built in with D.C. power supply
circuit and with conductive contacts P101, P105 for coupling with
counterparts on the secondary cell;
[0064] D.C. power supply: being a D.C. system straight or one
converted from an A.C. system through rectification, serving to
charge the secondary cell by way of a charging circuit;
[0065] Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an insulation casing,
incorporating a secondary cell B101 and conductive contacts P102,
P106 in line with the positive/negative terminals of the secondary
cell B101; on the interfacing of the secondary cell H102 with the
charging assembly H101 is provided a thermo-resetting flip-flop
binary metal spring TH201;
[0066] Thermo-resetting binary flip-flop metal spring TH201:
comprising one or more pieces superposed in a same or opposite
functional direction, interposed between the interfacings of the
charging assembly H101 with the secondary cell set H102, to convert
the force applied on both when combined into stored stress to be
released whenever the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal
spring TH201 resets itself due to heat prevailing by a rise in
temp. due to charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation,
whereby correspondent contacts on both the secondary cell set and
on the charging assembly are defeated, including alternatively
unmaking of contacts solely on the secondary cell set or of those
on the charging assembly or still those within the charging
assembly, charging current in the secondary cell set blocked
altogether, the thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring
TH201 is to be installed into the charging assembly.
[0067] A circuit diagram for the example under FIG. 5 is given in
FIG. 6.
[0068] An forth embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG.
7, which is in fact a modification of the exemplification under
FIG. 5 by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 onto
the charging assembly H101, to release the prestress stored in the
thermo-resetting flip-flop binary metal spring TH201 when it is
reset by the heat which results from a rise in temp. as charging of
the secondary cell B101 reaches its saturation, so as to defeat the
coupling of contacts on both the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, so that charging current to the secondary cell
B101 is blocked forthwith, whereas conduction is still maintained
way between the contacts P101 on the charging assembly H101 and the
contacts P102 on the secondary cell set H102, so that by the
addition of an auxiliary contact P100 which is in series by a
current limiting resistor R101 with the power supply, conduction is
made with the contact P106 on the secondary cell set H102, thereby
maintaining a small charging current as from the power supply to
the secondary cell.
[0069] A circuit diagram for the example under FIG. 7 is given in
FIG. 8.
[0070] A fifth embodiment of the invention whereof the temp. sensor
is executed in the form of a memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure interposed way between the secondary cell
set and the charging assembly, is illustrated in FIG. 9, with the
secondary cell set H102 comprising at least one elastic positioning
tenon L100 to be matched with counterpart coulisse S300 provided on
the charging assembly H101, these being reciprocally structured, so
that when the secondary cell H102 is combined with the charging
assembly H101, both are coupled in conduction by the engagement
realized between the elastic positioning tenon L100 and the mortise
S300, and that putting contacts P102, P106 on the secondary cell
H102 into conductive coupling with contacts P101, P105 on the
charging assembly H101, to follow that, charging power from the
charging assembly H101 will charge the secondary cell B101 in the
secondary cell set H102, and by the force of union compression will
work onto the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting
structure TH501, such that once the secondary cell B101 is charged
to saturation, thereby upgrading the temp. to a predetermined
level, the thermosetting structure TH501 composed of a memory alloy
or binary metal lying between the secondary cell H102 and the
charging assembly H101 will get deformed thereby, and that
defeating the contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary
cell H102 and the charging assembly H101, including alternatively
unmaking of contacts on the secondary cell alone, or on the
charging assembly alone, or still within the charging assembly
alone, and further, disengaging the elastic positioning tenon on
the secondary cell H102 from the mortise on the charging assembly
H101, and charging current to the secondary cell B101 is cut off
forthwith, this embodiment comprising essentially:
[0071] Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with
the secondary cell set H102, equipped with D.C. power supply and
contacts P101, P105 for coupling with the secondary cell set
H102;
[0072] D.C. power supply: being a D.C. power supply straight or as
converted through rectification from an A.C. source, serving to
charge the secondary cell by way of a charging circuit;
[0073] Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an insulation casing,
equipped with a secondary cell B101 and contacts P102, P106 meant
for coupling with the positive/negative terminals of the secondary
cell B101; the interfacing between the secondary cell set H102 and
the charging assembly H101 is equipped with a memory alloy or
binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501;
[0074] At least one elastic positioning tenon L100 equipped on the
secondary cell H102, correspondent with mortise S300 provided on
the charging assembly H101, this forming a pair which may be
reciprocally structured;
[0075] Memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure
TH501: being singly or plurally provided, way between the coupling
front of both the charging assembly H101 and the secondary cell
H102, so that compression is received when both are combined
together, and when there is a rise in temp. due to saturation of
charging in the secondary cell B101, the memory alloy or binary
metal base thermosetting structure TH501 will, affected by the heat
produced thereby, expand to the effect that the coupling of elastic
tenon with mortise binding the secondary cell H102 with the
charging assembly H101 is defeated, and the contact-to-contact
coupling between the secondary cell and the charging assembly is
undone, including alternatively unmaking of contacts on the
secondary cell only, or on the charging assembly only, or still on
those contacts within the charging assembly only, and charging
current to the secondary cell B101 is cut off forthwith, the memory
alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501 maybe
equipped on the charging assembly H101 or alternatively, where
justified, on the secondary cell H102.
[0076] A sixth embodiment of the invention whereof the memory alloy
or binary metal base thermosetting structure according to the
exemplification under FIG. 9 is installed on the secondary cell set
is illustrated in FIG. 10.
[0077] A circuit diagram illustrative of both examples given in the
illustration of both FIG. 9, FIG. 10, is given in FIG. 11.
[0078] A seventh example of the invention is illustrated in FIG.
12, which is in fact a modification of the example shown in FIG. 9
by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 to the
charging assembly H101, once a rise in temp. is occasioned by the
charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation, such that
the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501
resets itself due to the heat produced thereby, the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell and the
charging assembly will be defeated, including alternatively
defeating of contacts on the secondary cell set only, or of
contacts on the charging assembly only, or of those within the
charging assembly only, and the charging current to the secondary
cell B101 is cut off forthwith, at this juncture contact P101 on
the charging assembly H101 is still maintained conductive with
contacts P102 on the secondary cell H102, by the provision of an
auxiliary contact P100 which is in series with power supply by the
intervention of a current limiting resistor R101, conductive
contact P106 on the secondary cell H102 is made conductive so that
an ongoing small current is maintained way from power supply to the
secondary cell B101.
[0079] An eighth example of the invention is shown in FIG. 13 which
is a variant of the example shown in FIG. 12 by having the memory
alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure installed in the
secondary cell set instead.
[0080] A circuit diagram illustrative of both examples covered in
FIG. 12, FIG. 13, is given in FIG. 14.
[0081] FIG. 15 illustrates a ninth example of the invention whereof
a compression spring is interposed between the secondary cell and
the charging assembly, and the temp. sensor is executed in the form
of a memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting contact
structure, with the provision of conductive contacts P311, P312
having mortise thereon, on the secondary cell set H102, on the one
hand, and with provision of counterpart thermosetting conductive
contacts THP101, THP102, made of memory alloy or binary metal, on
the charging assembly, on the other hand, both parts being
reciprocally replaceable, when the secondary cell set H102 and the
charging assembly H101 are combined together, said pair of
conductive contacts will be engaged elastically in conduction, at
the same time, followed in suit is charging way from the power
supply via the charging assembly H101 with respect to the secondary
cell B101 in the secondary cell set H102, the force of union
occasioned thereupon will compress the compressible piece of or
annular spring SP103, and once charging in the secondary cell B101
reaches its saturation such that the rise in temp. occasioned
thereby comes to a predetermined level, the heat produced in the
meantime will deform the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting contacts structure THP101, THP102 located in the
charging assembly H101, said structure will then get rid of
coupling with correspondent contacts on the secondary cell H102,
and charging current to the secondary cell B101 is cut off
forthwith, concurrent with release of the prestress stored in the
compression spring SP103 to defeat the contact-to-contact coupling
between the secondary cell and the charging assembly, including
alternatively defeating of contacts on the secondary cell only, or
of contacts on or within the charging assembly only, for its
realization this example comprises essentially:
[0082] Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with
the secondary cell set H102, comprising a D.C. power supply and
memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting contacts P101, P105
meant for coupling with counterpart contacts on the secondary cell
set H102;
[0083] D.C. power supply: being D.C. power supply straight or as
converted through rectification from an A.C. source, to charge the
secondary cell set by way of a charging circuit;
[0084] Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an insulation casing,
equipped with secondary cell B101, and contacts P312, P311 meant
for coupling with positive/negative terminals of the secondary cell
B101; the interfacing between the secondary cell set H102 and the
charging assembly H101 being equipped with compressible piece of or
annular spring;
[0085] The secondary cell set H102 being furnished with contacts
P311, P312 complete with positioning mortise thereon, and the
charging assembly H101 is equipped with memory alloy or binary
metal base thermosetting contacts THP101, THP102 which are
reciprocally replaceable;
[0086] Compressible piece of or annular spring SP103: a spring as
such interposed way between the coupling interfacing of the
charging assembly H101 and the secondary cell set H102, when both
are coupled the compression produced thereby will leave its effect
upon same spring SP103, when charging in the secondary cell B101
reaches its saturation to incur a rise in temp. accompanied with
heat produced thereby to deform the memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting contacts THP101, THP102, the contact-to-contact
coupling between the secondary cell set H102 and the charging
assembly H101 will be defeated concurrent with cutoff of charging
current to the secondary cell B101, and the compression spring
SP103 is released at the same time to unmake the contact-to-contact
coupling between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly,
including alternatively unmaking of contacts on the secondary cell
only, or unmaking of contacts on or within the charging assembly
only.
[0087] A circuit diagram descriptive of the example under FIG. 15
is given in FIG. 16.
[0088] A tenth example of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 17
which is in fact a modification of the example shown in FIG. 15 by
the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 to the
charging assembly H101, once a rise in temp. is occasioned by the
charging of the secondary cell B101 to its saturation, such that
the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting contacts
THP101, THP102 rest themselves due to the heat produced thereby,
the contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell and the
charging assembly will be defeated, including alternatively
defeating of contacts on the secondary cell set only, or of
contacts on or within the charging assembly only, and the charging
current to the secondary cell B101 is cut off forthwith, at this
juncture contact THP101 on the charging assembly H101 is still
maintained conductive with contact P311 on the secondary cell set
H102, and by the provision of an auxiliary contact P100 in series
with a current limiting resistor R101 in line with power supply,
conduction is made with contact P312 on the secondary cell set
H102, and that making possible the maintaining of an ongoing, small
current charged by the power supply to the secondary cell B101.
[0089] A circuit diagram descriptive of the example of FIG. 17 is
given in FIG. 18.
[0090] An eleventh example of the invention whereof the temp.
sensor is executed in the form of a memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting structure interposed way between the secondary
cell and the charging assembly, is illustrated in FIG. 19,
featuring the provision of a trigger switch LS101 opposite the
charging assembly H101, for control of the input side or output
side of the power supply, when the secondary cell set H102 and the
charging assembly H101 are combined, contacts P102, P106 on the
secondary cell set H102 forms a pair with contacts P101, P105 on
the charging assembly H101, and that in conduction, meantime the
trigger switch LS101 in control of the power supply for charging
purposes is enabled to bring the power supply to the charging
assembly H101 charging with respect to the secondary cell B101 in
the secondary cell set H102, the force of union incurred thereupon
will compress, in the meantime, the memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting structure TH501, when the secondary cell B101 is
charged to its saturation a driving power will be created to drive
an auxiliary heater HT101, whereby heat is produced to deform the
memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501
interposed way between the secondary cell set H102 and the charging
assembly H101, to the effect that the contact-to-contact coupling
between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly is
defeated, including alternatively defeating of contacts on the
secondary cell set only, or defeating of contacts on or within the
charging assembly only, concurrent with unmaking of the trigger
switch LS101 in control of the power supply in charge of the
charging operation between the secondary cell set H102 and the
charging assembly H101, followed by cutoff of the charging current
to the secondary cell B101, for its realization this example
comprises essentially:
[0091] Charging assembly H101: in plane or dovetail coupling with
the secondary cell set H102, furnished with D.C. power supply and
contacts P101, P105 for coupling with the secondary cell set H102,
as well as trigger switch LS101 in control of power supply for
charging purposes by switching on or off the input or output of the
said power supply;
[0092] D.C. power supply: being a D.C. power supply straight or as
converted through rectification from an A.C. source to charge the
secondary cell by way of a charging circuit;
[0093] Secondary cell set H102: enclosed in an insulation casing
and incorporating a secondary cell B101 and contacts P102, P106 in
line with positive/negative terminals of the secondary cell B101;
the coupling interfacing of the secondary cell set H102 and the
charging assembly H101 being interposed with a memory alloy or
binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501;
[0094] Conventional emplacement for charging stability interposed
between the secondary cell set H102 and the charging assembly
H101;
[0095] Memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure
TH501: provided singly or plurally, interposed way between the
interfacing of the charging assembly H101 and the secondary cell
set H102 and compressed tight when both are combined together, and
will drive, by the heat produced when charging in the secondary
cell B101 reaches its saturation, the auxiliary electric heater
HT101, which in turn results in an expansion of the memory alloy or
binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501, and that
eventually defeats the contact-to-contact coupling between the
secondary cell set and the charging assembly, including
alternatively unmaking of contacts on the secondary cell set alone
or of contacts on or within the charging assembly alone, such that
the trigger switch LS101 controlling the power supply is driven
open, and charging current to the secondary cell B101 cut off
forthwith.
[0096] A twelfth example of the invention is illustrated in FIG.
20, which is in fact a modification of the example shown in FIG. 19
by the addition of an auxiliary conductive contact P100 to the
charging assembly H101, when charging in the secondary cell B101
reaches its saturation with heat produced thereby invested in the
form of electric power which in turn drives the auxiliary electric
heater HT101 to yield thermal energy sufficient to reset the memory
alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure TH501, the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly is defeated, including alternatively defeating of
the contacts on the secondary cell set only, or of the contacts on
or within the charging assembly only, and charging current to the
secondary cell B101 is cut off forthwith, at this juncture charging
assembly H101 by its contact P101 and the secondary cell set H102
through its contact P102 are maintained mutually conductive all the
same, while the auxiliary contact P100 in series with the power
supply by way of a current limiting resistor R101 maintains
conductive with contact P106 on the secondary cell B101, such that
small but ongoing current is maintained way from power supply to
the secondary cell B101 for charging purposes.
[0097] In any of the examples numbered 1 through 12 disclosed
hereinbefore, coupling of the charging assembly H101 with the
secondary cell set H102 may be executed vertically, and unmaking of
the coupling done downwards as opposed to coupling which is done
upwardly; or alternatively the coupling may be executed downwards,
and unmaking upwardly; or still the coupling may be executed
horizontally, and disengagement likewise horizontally; and indeed
coupling and disengagement may be designed and executed otherwise
in other angular setting as preferred in any specific
application.
[0098] In FIG. 21 is shown a thirteenth example of the invention
whereof the secondary cell set is executed in a block to be coupled
with the charging assembly by engaging into a chute channel
provided for the purpose, for its execution this example
comprises:
[0099] A charging assembly H101: to be coupled with the secondary
cell set vertically upwardly, and disengaged therefrom downwardly;
or alternatively to be coupled downwardly and disengaged upwardly;
or still coupled and disengaged horizontally; or else coupled and
disengaged in otherwise chosen angular settings; on which is
provided a chute channel to accommodate the secondary cell set
H102; furnished with D.C. power supply and contacts P801, P805 as
well as permanent magnet PM300, and memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting structure TH501 or alternatively a helicoidal
spring TH601 of the same base and to the same purpose; on the
secondary cell set H102 are equipped contacts P802, P806 for
coupling with the secondary cell B101 within and magnet core F102;
when the charging assembly H101 and the secondary cell set H102 are
combined, mutual attraction between said Magnet core F102 on the
secondary cell set H102 and the Permanent Magnet PM300 on the
charging assembly will compress the memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting structure TG501, or a helicoidal spring
execution thereof TG601 to thermally induced deformation, thereby
setting contacts P801, P805 on the charging assembly into
conduction with contacts P802, P806 on the secondary cell set,
followed by charging with respect to the secondary cell B101 since
the secondary cell set is equipped with thermo-transmission block
TC101 which is coupled to the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure TH501 on the charging assembly, when
charging in the secondary cell reaches its saturation concurrent
with the release of heat, the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure TH501 will discharge a push in the wake of
such a heat, and that push sufficient to disengage both the magnet
core F102 and the permanent magnet PM300, and coacting contact
pairs on both the secondary cell set and on the charging assembly
are defeated in suit, including alternatively the defeating of
contacts on the secondary cell set alone, or on or within the
charging assembly alone, and charging current to the secondary cell
B101 is cut off forthwith.
[0100] This model of charging device featuring the storage of
prestress by maximization of force of union and the release of same
prestress through thermal actuation to achieve unmaking of power
supply incorporates furthermore a secondary cell charging means of
which both positive/negative terminals are meant to be accessed to
axial receptacles on specific applications, such that in the wake
of arise in temp. occasioned by charging of the secondary cell to
its saturation, the secondary cell set will get rid of the charging
electrode, and that resulting in cutoff of charging current, for
execution this model comprises essentially:
[0101] A reciprocal, resilient pair of retention formed by contacts
P400, P401 on the charging assembly H101 with contacts P500, P501
on the secondary cell set H102, and a memory alloy or binary metal
base thermosetting structure TH801 executed in a metal sheet or
helicoidal spring, positioned under the secondary cell set, which
cell set H102 sets steady and stable when loaded with a secondary
cell B101 therein, and said thermosetting structure TH801 will get
deformed thermally when the secondary cell set H102 is charged to
its saturation, and that sufficient to unmake the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts on
the secondary cell only, or of contacts on or within the charging
assembly only, and the charging operation is cut off forthwith.
[0102] FIG. 22, illustration of the invention in a charging state
which accounts for a fourteenth embodiment hereunder;
[0103] FIG. 23, illustration of a fourteenth embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly,
including alternatively, disengagement of conductive contacts only
of the secondary cell set, or only of or within the charging
assembly, occasioned by a round of charging saturation;
[0104] FIG. 24, illustration of a charging state of a fifteenth
embodiment of the invention;
[0105] FIG. 25, illustration of the working of the fifteenth
embodiment of the invention whereof power supply is blocked is by
the disengagement of contacts between the secondary cell set and
the charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of or within the
charging assembly only, occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0106] FIG. 26, illustration of a sixteenth embodiment of the
invention in a charging state;
[0107] FIG. 27, illustration of the working of the sixteenth
embodiment of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of contacts between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or only of or within the
charging assembly, occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0108] FIG. 28, illustration of a seventeenth embodiment of the
invention seen in a charging state; and,
[0109] FIG. 29, illustration of the working of the seventeenth
embodiment of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of contacts between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or only of or within the
charging assembly, occasioned by a charging saturation.
[0110] Contacts P402, P403 as conduction points for the memory
alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure, serving more
than coupling for conduction purpose with counterpart contacts
P500, P501 on the secondary cell set H102, also to store and
exhibit resilient retention for holding the secondary cell set
H102, and, by incorporating compressible spring SP104, executed in
a piece or helicoidal spring, integral with the secondary cell B101
when it is loaded into the secondary cell set H102, will account
for a compression means, so that they, the contacts P402, P403,
given the attribute as such, will get deformed by the heat released
once charging in the secondary cell reaches its saturation, when
that happens, the secondary cell set H102 is released, and the
compression spring SP104 will defeat forthright the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell and the
charging assembly, including alternatively defeating of contacts
only of the secondary cell set, or of or within the charging
assembly, and the charging feature is defeated forthwith, in this
connection examples abound as quoted below:
[0111] FIG. 30 illustrates an eighteenth embodiment of the
invention;
[0112] FIG. 31 illustrates the working of the eighteenth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of contacts between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or only of or within the
charging assembly, occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0113] FIG. 32 illustrates a charging state of a nineteenth
embodiment of the invention;
[0114] FIG. 33 illustrates the working of a nineteenth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by the
disengagement of contacts between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of
contacts only of the secondary cell set, or of or within the
charging assembly only, occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0115] FIG. 34 illustrates a charging state of a twentieth
embodiment of the invention;
[0116] FIG. 35 illustrates the working of the twentieth embodiment
of the invention whereof power supply is blocked by disengagement
of contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging
assembly, including alternatively, disengagement of contacts only
of the secondary cell set, or of or within the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0117] FIG. 36 illustrates a charging state of a twenty first
embodiment of the invention;
[0118] FIG. 37 illustrates a twenty first embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly,
including alternatively, disengagement of contacts only of the
secondary cell set, or of or within the charging assembly only,
occasioned by a charging saturation.
[0119] By the contacts P405 furnished on the memory alloy or binary
metal base thermosetting charging assembly H101, as well as another
set of contacts PSP406 featuring a prestressed spring function,
extended with an insulated stretch arm A100, when a secondary cell
set is laden, coupling will be made with respect to contacts P500,
P501 on the secondary cell set H102, which, together with the
secondary cell set H102 being clamped in the meantime, will start
charging with respect to the secondary cell set, whereupon the
engaging head AT100 on the tail end of the insulated stretch arm
A100 is matched with counterpart engaging receptacle BT100 on the
tail end of memory alloy base, thermosetting contact P405, in a
prestressed engagement, when charging in the secondary cell set
H102 reaches its saturation to release heat, contact P405 on the
charging assembly H101, on receiving said heat, will get deformed,
resulting in dissociation of the insulated stretch arm A100 on the
contact PSP406 that is retained by prestress, apart from the
engaging receptacle BT100, such that the secondary cell set H102 is
released, then the prestress stored in the insulated stretch arm
A100 on the contact PSP406 enabled by said prestress will bring
contact-to-contact coupling thus far established between the
secondary cell set and the charging assembly apart, including
alternatively disengagement of contacts on the secondary cell set
only or contacts on or within the charging assembly only, and power
supply for charging purposes cut off forthwith. As an alternative
structure the two sets of contacts on the charging assembly H101
may comprise entirely prestressed thermosetting, spring-functioning
contacts with extension of an insulated stretch arm, in respect of
which several embodiments include those given in:
[0120] FIG. 38, which illustrates a charging state of a twenty
second embodiment of the invention;
[0121] FIG. 39, which illustrates a twenty second embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly,
including alternatively, disengagement of contacts only of the
secondary cell set, or of or within the charging assembly only,
occasioned by a charging saturation;
[0122] FIG. 40, which illustrates a charging state of a twenty
third embodiment of the invention; and,
[0123] FIG. 41, which illustrates a twenty third embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly,
including alternatively, disengagement of contacts only of the
secondary cell set, or of or within the charging assembly only,
occasioned by a charging saturation.
[0124] Contacts P407, P408 on the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting charging assembly H101, serving more than being
coupled to contacts P500, P501 on the secondary cell set H102, to
holding the secondary cell set H102 in place as well, when the
secondary cell set H102 is charged to saturation followed with
release of heat, contacts P407, P408 on the charging assembly H101,
receiving the heat, will release hold of the secondary cell set
H102, so that the secondary cell set H102 will drop forthright
clear of contacts P407, P408, and the charging capability is
blocked forthwith, in respect of which several, embodiments include
those given in:
[0125] FIG. 42, which illustrates a charging state of a twenty
fourth embodiment of the invention; and
[0126] FIG. 43, which illustrates a twenty fourth embodiment of the
invention whereof power supply is blocked by the disengagement of
contacts between the secondary cell set and the charging assembly,
including alternatively disengagement of contacts only of the
secondary cell set, or only of or within the charging assembly,
occasioned by a charging saturation.
[0127] Since in applications a variety of structures for the
execution of thermosetting temp. sensor for the determination of
charging saturation occurring with a secondary cell are available,
with a view to promote safety in operation, a specific execution
may be chosen for the making of a charging assembly featuring
reservation of prestress which is to be released to cut off power
supply in the wake of heat discharged when charging reaches its
saturation, or preferably two or multiple thermosetting temp.
sensor may be installed to further enhance the safety feature, in
fact conventional type automatic power cutoff models may be
combined for use in preferred applications which include but are
not limited to those cited below:
[0128] 1. Those provided with auxiliary heater which will produce
heat when receiving electric power incurred by saturation of
charging in the secondary cell set, the auxiliary heater being of a
flip-flop binary metal prestressed design or of a thermosetting
binary metal design, heat thus produced will unmake straight
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively unmaking of contacts on
the secondary cell set only or of or within the charging assembly
only, so that power supply is cut off forthwith; or
[0129] 2. Those provided with flip-flop binary metal prestressed
spring or memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting structure
which, when receiving heat that is produced as charging in the
secondary cell reaches its saturation, will unmake the
contact-to-contact coupling between the secondary cell set and the
charging assembly, including alternatively, unmaking of contacts on
the secondary cell only, or unmaking of contacts on or within the
charging assembly, such that power supply is cut off forthwith;
or
[0130] 3. Those provided with a resilient positioning means
comprising a memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting
structure which, together with a compression spring seated way
between the charging assembly and the secondary cell set, will, by
releasing the spring due to triggering effect when the
thermosetting resets itself in the wake of effectual heat, unmake
the secondary cell and power supply is cut off forthwith; or
[0131] 4. Those provided with a resilient positioning means which
is bound by conductive contacts and made from a memory alloy or
binary metal base thermosetting structure which, when receiving an
effectual heat, will trigger off a prestressed spring that is
seated way between the charging assembly and the secondary cell
set, so that the secondary charging cell is disengaged and the
power supply to which the charging is due is cut off forthwith;
or
[0132] 5. Those on which the memory alloy or binary metal base
thermosetting structure is executed to be a charging assembly with
conductive contacts thereon furnished to accommodate coupling with
counterpart contacts on the secondary cell set, and meantime to
hold the same secondary cell set in place, said contacts on the
charging assembly, when affected by the heat released from the
secondary cell as it is charged to saturation, will get deformed,
thereby releasing the secondary cell set which will then drop off
said contacts, and charging operation is cutoff forthwith;
[0133] 6. Those structured such that by the contacts furnished on
the memory alloy or binary metal base thermosetting charging
assembly, as well as another set of contacts featuring a
prestressed spring function, extended with an insulated stretch
arm, when a secondary cell set is laden, coupling will be made with
respect to contacts on the secondary cell set, which, together with
the secondary cell set being clamped in the meantime, will start
charging with respect to the secondary cell set, whereupon the
engaging head on the tail end of the insulated stretch arm is
matched with counterpart engaging receptacle on the tail end of
memory alloy base, thermosetting contact, in a prestressed
engagement, when charging in the secondary cell set reaches its
saturation to release heat, contact on the charging assembly, on
receiving said heat, will get deformed, resulting in dissociation
of the insulated stretch arm on the contact that is retained by
prestress, apart from the engaging receptacle, such that the
secondary cell set is released, then the prestress stored in the
insulated stretch arm on the contact enabled by said prestress will
bring contact-to-contact coupling thus far established between the
secondary cell set and the charging assembly apart, including
alternatively disengagement of contacts on the secondary cell set
only or contacts on or within the charging assembly only, and power
supply for charging purposes cut off forthwith. As an alternative
structure the two sets of contacts on the charging assembly may
comprise entirely prestressed thermosetting, spring-functioning
contacts with extension of an insulated stretch arm; or
[0134] 7. Those employing altogether two or more of any testing
devices specified in item 1 through item 6 disclosed hereinbefore;
or
[0135] 8. Those in which the structure of the charging assembly
H101 or of the secondary cell set H102 may be such that:
[0136] (1) The secondary cell set is executed in a bar for coupling
with the charging assembly that is configured like a bee-hive;
or
[0137] (2) The secondary cell set is executed in a block for
coupling with the charging assembly which is also executed in a
block; or
[0138] (3) The secondary cell set is executed in a block for
coupling with the charging assembly which is fitted with an open
chute channel to accommodate the coupling purpose; or
[0139] (4) The charging assembly and the secondary cell set are
executed for coupling in a vertically upward orientation, but
uncoupling in a downward orientation; or alternatively for coupling
and uncoupling in the horizontal direction; or still for coupling
and uncoupling in otherwise angular setting appropriate to specific
applications;
[0140] 9. Those in which the thermosetting structure derives its
displacement due to deformation of its casing shell which is to be
filled with liquid, fluid or gas which abides by the law of
expansion under heat but shrinkage when cooled, as a function of
ambient temperature; or
[0141] 10. Those in which said secondary cell set is composed
entirely and solely of one single cell or battery, or alternatively
composed of two or more cells or batteries connected in series or
parallel.
[0142] In summation, the present invention which is a charging
device with stress stored by charging that is initiated by
externally applied force, and the stored stress being eventually
released by heat due to charging saturation, being simply
structured, functionally justified, highly useful and of novel
design, is herewith submitted for the application of a patent
registration.
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