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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Shimada, Yokaichi, JP;
Takayo Katsuki, Shiga-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ; H01M 1/050 ; H02J 7/04 ; H02J 7/16 ; H02J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ; H01M 1/050 ; H02J 7/04 ; H02J 7/16 ; H02J 7/00 ;
Abstract
A temperature sensing device for use in a secondary battery pack includes an NTC element and a current limiter element. The NTC element is disposed at a predetermined position to sense the temperature of a secondary battery incorporated in the secondary battery pack, and one end thereof is electrically connected to a temperature sensing terminal. The current limiter element is connected between the other end of the NTC element and a reference potential terminal.