US 12,482,989 B2
Cell-monitoring connector for fuel cell
Jong Jun Lee, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,193.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0135199 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112651 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/641 (2006.01); G01R 31/364 (2019.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01); H01M 8/241 (2016.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/641 (2013.01) [G01R 31/364 (2019.01); H01M 8/04559 (2013.01); H01M 8/241 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cell-monitoring connector comprising:
a housing including a lock portion corresponding to a groove portion defined by lock recesses stacked and overlapped in a first direction of a plurality of unit cells, wherein the lock recesses are formed in at least one of upper portions or lower portions of terminals protruding in a second direction of the plurality of unit cells, the second direction intersecting the first direction toward the cell-monitoring connector from side portions of separators included in the plurality of unit cells; and
a connector position assurance (CPA) comprising:
a lower portion configured to be inserted into the lock portion of the housing in a third direction and to be locked in the groove portion; and
an upper portion extending from the lower portion in the third direction, the upper portion having a top surface having an area larger than an area of the lower portion in a direction intersecting the third direction,
wherein the CPA is configured to be selectively inserted into the lock portion in the third direction, the third direction intersecting each of the first direction and the second direction, and to be locked in the groove portion in order to prevent the housing from being separated from the separators in the second direction, and
wherein the housing comprises:
a first CPA configured to be locked in the groove portion formed by an arrangement of the lock recesses located in the upper portions of the terminals, and
a second CPA configured to be locked in the groove portion formed by an arrangement of the lock recesses located in the lower portions of the terminals.