A clamp-type probe device comprises a first pressed member, a second pressed member and a probe head. The first pressed member comprises a first clamping portion and a first mounted portion connected to each other, and has a first and a second assembly holes. The second pressed member comprises a second clamping portion and a second mounted portion connected to each other. The second and the first mounted portions are connected to each other. The second and the first clamping portions are separated from each other. The probe head comprises a plurality of contacting members. Each contacting member comprises two bending portions. Two ends of each contacting member are respectively disposed through the first and the second assembly holes. The two bending portions are respectively pressed against an inner side surface of the first assembly hole and an inner side surface of the second assembly hole.

A method for estimating a battery power percentage of a battery includes: performing a first fuel gauge operation upon the battery; and using the first fuel gauge operation to generate the battery power percentage of the battery by referring to information measured by a second fuel gauge operation performed upon the battery wherein the second fuel gauge operation is different from the first fuel gauge operation.

Disclosed are techniques to conserve battery of an endpoint device. Example techniques include adjusting the size of messages transmitted by an endpoint device and/or adjusting the transmission rate of an endpoint device. In some configurations, the one or more criteria are used by an endpoint device to determine what data fields to include within a message and/or adjust a transmission rate associated with the transmission of messages by the endpoint device. For instance, the one or more criteria may include the battery level of the device, the time of year, whether the data has already been transmitted by the endpoint device, whether the data has been acknowledged as received by another device, whether the endpoint device has been instructed by another device to reduce the message size and/or adjust the transmission rate, and the like.

An electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises: a battery connecting circuit; a charging circuit for supplying power supplied from an external electronic device to a component and battery of the electronic device; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: in a first state in which the electronic device of which the battery is not connected to the battery connecting circuit receives power from the external electronic device, measure the voltage of the battery when it is confirmed that the battery is connected to the battery connecting circuit; and after confirming the capacity of the battery on the basis of the measured voltage, switch to a second state in which the charging circuit supplies power from the external electronic device to the battery connected to the battery connecting circuit. Various other embodiments may be provided.

A battery diagnosing technology capable of effectively diagnosing a defective battery cell among a plurality of battery cells included in a battery system at an early stage. The battery system diagnosing apparatus diagnoses a battery system including a plurality of battery cells having electrode tabs therein, and includes a cell measuring unit for measuring a voltage or current for each of the plurality of battery cells; and a processor for calculating a state of health (SOH) for each battery cell multiple times over time by using the voltage or current measured by the cell measuring unit and detecting a battery cell having a defect in the electrode tab among the plurality of battery cells based on the SOH of each battery cell calculated multiple times.

A battery bending test system includes a fastening device having an inclined surface configured to hold a battery; a pressing device configured to press the battery to bend; and a load-bearing device configured to bear the fastening device, the load-bearing device having a reference surface for bearing the fastening device. A first angle Ø is formed between the inclined surface and the reference surface. The range of the first angle Ø is 0°<Ø<90°. The battery bending test system and method can precisely control the bending angle and bending morphology of the battery, and reasonably evaluate the safety performance of the battery when subjected to the bending force, thus meeting expectations of the safety test.

A battery pack and charger platform including a voltage coupling circuit comprising an input that receives an input voltage and an output that sends an output voltage, a voltage monitoring circuit having an input coupled to the voltage coupling circuit output and an output, and a power source having an input coupled to the voltage monitoring circuit output, the power source input receives an input voltage representative of a charge instruction.

A method for testing a capacity of a drive rescue battery includes opening a first switching device and second switching device to disconnect a LCL filter from AC mains and form a test load for testing the capacity of the drive rescue battery while disconnecting one of the LCL filter capacitors associated with a third phase from the test load, the test load including a series connection from one of the downstream LCL filter inductors and the LCL filter capacitors associated with the first phase to one of the LCL filter capacitors and the downstream LCL filter inductors associated with the second phase; and determining at least one of a voltage or a current of the drive rescue battery resulting from the test load.

A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of battery cells and a BMS for controlling the battery pack. The BMS may include a state-of-charge (SOC) calculation module for calculating a SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells included in the battery pack and a faulty battery cell detection unit for detecting at least one faulty battery cell on the basis of the calculated SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells.

The disclosure relates to a method for interacting with a user of a rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool, which can be supplied with energy by means of an exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery. According to the disclosure, in one method step a power characteristic variable of the exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery is sensed by means of a sensing unit of the rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool and/or of the exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery at defined times during the operation of the rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool, and in an additional method step the frequency with which the exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery has been operated at its power limit is calculated. The disclosure also relates to a system, comprising a rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool and an exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery, for carrying out the method.