A battery inspection apparatus capable of self-diagnosing failure is provided. The battery inspection apparatus includes a contact probe, a power supply module, a power cable for providing a path for supplying the power generated by the power supply module to the contact probe, a voltage measuring module, a measuring cable configured to measure a voltage of the contact probe by the voltage measuring module, a switching module configured to selectively connect the voltage measuring module to the power cable or the measuring cable, and a control module configured to determine whether at least one of the contact probe or the power cable is abnormal based on the voltage measurement value of the voltage measuring module according to a connection state of the switching module. A verification device capable of diagnosing failure of the battery inspection apparatus is also provided.

A method for obtaining a residual electric quantity of a battery in an electronic device includes: obtaining a present electric quantity variation of a battery within a present detection period; obtaining a maximum discharge electric quantity of the battery corresponding to a number of charging and discharging within the present detection period; and obtaining a present residual electric quantity of the battery based on the maximum discharge electric quantity and the present electric quantity variation.

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 battery system includes battery cells to store electrical energy and to output electrical power. The battery system further includes a housing, a shunt, a control board, and a connector assembly. The housing includes a cavity that the shunt is disposed in and is in direct contact with, where the cavity facilitates dissipating torsional force exerted on the shunt. The control board is disposed within the housing and includes sensing circuitry to determine an operational parameter of the battery cells and control circuitry to facilitate controlling operation of the battery cells based on the operational parameter. The connector assembly electrically couples the shunt to the sensing circuitry via a spacing connector and a securing connector. The spacing connector is disposed between the control board and an inner surface of the housing while the securing connector extends through the shunt to couple to the spacing connector through the housing.

One or more systems, devices, and/or system-implemented methods are provided that can facilitate provision of varying AC output voltage or DC output voltage, including selectively separately providing a positive voltage output, a negative voltage output and no voltage output. A device can comprise a battery cell, and a controller connected to the battery cell and that varies output from the battery cell, wherein the controller is configured to cause the battery cell to selectively separately provide negative output voltage, positive output voltage and no output voltage. A method can comprise varying output polarity from a multi-cell battery cluster and selectively providing one or both of alternating current (AC) voltage output or direct current (DC) voltage output from the multi-cell battery cluster due to the varying of the output polarity.

A battery unit for a favor inhaler includes a chargeable and dischargeable power supply, a connection part capable of electrically connecting to an external charger, and a controller configured to perform control regarding at least the power supply, wherein when an accumulated value of a connection time period to the charger exceeds a first predetermined time period, the controller determines that the power supply has been degraded.

An adapter may be configured to connect a battery and an electrical device to each other. The adapter may include a control board; a battery-side terminal mounted on a first surface of the control board and configured to be electrically connectable to the battery; and a device-side terminal mounted on a second surface of the control board and configured to be electrically connectable to the electrical device, the second surface being opposite from the first surface.

A voltage detection circuit includes a differential amplification circuit and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The MCU detects a differential voltage output from operational amplifiers of the differential amplification circuit, and calculates an internal resistance value of a battery cell based on the detected differential voltage. At this time, the MCU controls an amplification factor adjustment circuit of the differential amplification circuit based on a maximum voltage representing the highest voltage detectable by the MCU and the differential voltage output from the differential amplification circuit so as to set the amplification factor of the operational amplifiers.

A voltage tap for measuring a voltage includes at least one contact region and one abutment surface. Using the abutment surface, the voltage tap is electrically connectable to a contact surface of an electrical circuit board. The abutment surface comprises an enlarged surface with respect to the contact surface of the electrical circuit board, so that the electrical connection between the voltage tap and the electrical circuit board is provided independently of a movement of the voltage tap.

A power storage system includes a power storage element; and a voltage detecting unit configured to detect an output voltage of the power storage element. The power storage element and the voltage detecting unit are formed by integrally forming structural materials of the power storage element and the voltage detecting unit on the same base material, without any point bonding portions formed by solder mounting.