BATTERY CHARGING CABLE

Abstract

A battery charging cable can be connected to a power supplying device and supply electricity to, and thereby charge, the battery of another device when the battery is low in power. The battery charging cable includes a USB Type-C connector at one end and a positive-electrode clamp and a negative-electrode clamp at the other end, wherein the clamps can be respectively clamped to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery of a device to be charged. With the battery charging cable supporting a USB Power Delivery protocol, and the USB Type-C connector configured to provide a relatively high voltage and power, the battery charging cable provides overload protection and has great power transmission performance.

Claims

1. A battery charging cable, wherein the battery charging cable has an end configured as a connector body, the connector body has a front end fixedly provided with a connector having a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C interface, the connector body has a rear end provided with a positive-electrode cable and a negative-electrode cable, the positive-electrode cable and the negative-electrode cable differ in color so as to be distinguishable from each other, the positive-electrode cable has a terminal end provided with a positive-electrode-connecting device to enable power transmission, and the negative-electrode cable has a terminal end provided with a negative-electrode-connecting device to enable power transmission, the battery charging cable being characterized in that: the connector body is provided therein with a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate, the PCB substrate is provided with a control chip, the control chip controls a current detection circuit, a short-circuit protection device, and a transformer circuit according to a USB Power Delivery protocol in order to control power transmission through the battery charging cable, and according to specifications of the USB Type-C interface, the connector allows transmission of a relatively high current and supports an overload protection protocol while transmitting electricity from a power supplying device to, and thereby charging, a battery of a device to be charged.

2. The battery charging cable of claim 1, wherein the power supplying device is a power bank.

3. The battery charging cable of claim 1, wherein the power supplying device is a charging plug.

4. The battery charging cable of claim 1, wherein the positive-electrode-connecting device at the terminal end of the positive-electrode cable is a positive-electrode clamp, and the negative-electrode-connecting device at the terminal end of the negative-electrode cable is a negative-electrode clamp.

5. The battery charging cable of claim 1, wherein the positive-electrode-connecting device at the terminal end of the positive-electrode cable is a positive-electrode connector, and the negative-electrode-connecting device at the terminal end of the negative-electrode cable is a negative-electrode connector.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the battery charging cable according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0012] FIG. 2 shows a state of use of the battery charging cable in FIG. 1;

[0013] FIG. 3 is another perspective view of the battery charging cable in FIG. 1; and

[0014] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the battery charging cable according to another embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] Referring to FIG. 1, the battery charging cable 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a connector body 10 at one end. The front end of the connector body 10 is fixedly provided with a connector 11 having a USB Type-C interface. The connector 11 is configured for connecting with a power supplying device and, according to the specifications of the USB Type-C interface, can transmit a relatively high current while supporting an overload protection protocol. The power supplying device may be a power bank 3 or a charging plug 31 as depicted in FIG. 2, in which the battery charging cable 1 is shown as transmitting an electric current to, i.e., charging, a car battery 4.

[0016] The other end of the connector body 10 is provided with a positive-electrode cable 12 and a negative-electrode cable 13. The positive-electrode cable 12 and the negative-electrode cable 13 may differ in color (e.g., one being red, and the other being black; or one being blue, and the other being white) to facilitate distinction. The positive-electrode cable 12 has a terminal end provided with a positive-electrode clamp 22, and the negative-electrode cable 13 has a terminal end provided with a negative-electrode clamp 21. The positive-electrode clamp 22 and the negative-electrode clamp 21 are configured to be clamped respectively to the positive electrode and the negative electrode of, for example, the car battery 4 in FIG. 2.

[0017] With continued reference to FIG. 2, the power bank 3, which is portable, can function as a rescue charging device because its capacity has been greatly increased in recent years. Therefore, the USB Type-C connector 11 at one end of the battery charging cable 1 can be connected to the power bank 3 or the charging plug 31 in order for the power bank 3 or the charging plug 31 to serve as a power source, and the positive- and negative-electrode clamps at the other end of the battery charging cable 1 can be clamped respectively to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery 4 to be charged in order to transmit electricity from the power bank 3 or the charging plug 31 to the battery 4.

[0018] Referring also to FIG. 3, the connector body 10 is provided therein with a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate 101. The PCB substrate 101 is provided with a control chip 102 configured principally according to the USB Power Delivery (USB PD) protocol, which essentially defines data communication between a power supplying end (a provider) and a power receiving end (a consumer). The control chip 102 serves mainly to control a current detection circuit, a short-circuit protection device, and a transformer circuit. The current detection circuit can detect the voltage of a battery to be charged so that the current to be transmitted to the battery can be controlled accordingly. The short-circuit protection device can provide protection when the positive- and negative-electrode clamps are connected to the wrong electrodes or when a short circuit is formed. Thus, the battery charging cable 1 provides overload protection in addition to a high charging efficiency made possible by the relatively high voltage and power supported by the USB Type-C interface.

[0019] FIG. 4 shows the battery charging cable 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention. This battery charging cable 1 also includes the connector body 10 at one end, with the USB Type-C connector 11 provided at the front end of the connector body 10, and with the positive-electrode cable 12 and the negative-electrode cable 13 provided at the other end of connector body 10. The battery charging cable 1 in this embodiment is different from its counterpart in the previous embodiment in that the other end of the battery charging cable 1 is provided with a common power connector 14 in order to work with the connection interface of, and thus be able to charge, such electrical equipment on the market as direct-current (DC) electric tools and electric bicycles.

[0020] The embodiments described above are only some preferred ones of the present invention and are not intended to be restrictive of the scope of the invention. Any equivalent changes or modifications that do not depart from the technical concept disclosed herein shall fall within the scope of the appended claims.