Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Battery pack assembly including apparatus for detecting water accumulation and method for detecting water accumulation
- Patent Title (中): 电池组件,包括用于检测积水的装置和用于检测蓄水的方法
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Application No.: US13714164Application Date: 2012-12-13
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Publication No.: US09099760B2Publication Date: 2015-08-04
- Inventor: Hae Kyu Lim , Yooncheol Jeon , Jeong Hun Seo , Yongjin Lee
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company , Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Peter F. Corless
- Priority: KR10-2012-0086918 20120808
- Main IPC: G01F23/70
- IPC: G01F23/70 ; H01M10/48 ; G01F23/30 ; H01H35/18 ; H01H1/20

Abstract:
Disclosed is a battery pack assembly including an apparatus for detecting water accumulation inside an installation region in which a battery pack is installed. The battery pack assembly includes a watertight case installed on a bottom surface of the water accumulation detecting apparatus and assembled with the battery pack therein. The water accumulation detecting apparatus includes a body including a water inlet opening through which water accumulated in the installation region flows in. A floating member floated by buoyancy of the water flowing in the body. A switch unit is configured to generate a current when the floating member increases up to or beyond a predetermined height. An elastic member is configured to connect the floating member and the bottom surface of the body so that the floating member is positioned at a predetermined position when buoyancy of the water does not affect to the floating member.
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