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Emergency Power Source

USRE050619No. USRE050619reissueGranted 10/7/2025

Abstract

An emergency power source comprises a housing. A battery pack ( 4 ) is arranged in the housing for storing electric energy. The input end of the battery pack ( 4 ) is connected to a charging circuit ( 1 ) for charging the battery pack ( 4 ) and the output end of a solar energy panel input circuit ( 2 ), the output end of the battery pack ( 4 ) is connected to a heavy-current output circuit ( 7 ) for outputting a heavy current when an automobile starts, and an external battery intelligent detection system ( 6 ) is connected between the battery pack ( 4 ) and the heavy-current output circuit ( 7 ). The emergency power source is convenient for charging, can output a heavy current for starting an automobile, and can also accurately control heavy-current output.

Claims (48)

Claim 1 (Independent)

1. An emergency power source comprising a housing, said housing having at its inside a batter pack ( 4 ) for storing battery pack configured to store electric energy, wherein input terminals of the battery pack ( 4 ) are configured to be connected to output terminals of a charging circuit ( 1 ) and for receiving the electric energy from an external power source and to output terminals of a solar panel input circuit ( 2 ), disposed outside of the housing for receiving the electric energy from solar energy, and wherein output terminals of the battery pack ( 4 ) are connected to a high current outputting circuit ( 7 ) for outputting configured to output a high current used for starting a vehicle, an external a smart battery detection system ( 6 ) is connected between the battery pack ( 4 ) and the high current outputting circuit ( 7 ) , the external smart battery detection system ( 6 ) comprises comprising a red power source clip and a black power source clip for connecting with an external configured to be connected with a vehicle battery of the vehicle , a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal, a voltage identifying system comprising a circuit for identifying the a voltage of an external lead-acid the vehicle battery or a lithium-ion starting battery, and the battery pack, wherein the circuit of the voltage identifying system comprises a first amplifier, a current identifying system comprising a circuit for identifying a current flowing through an external starting circuit, wherein the circuit of the current identifying system comprises a second amplifier, and a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal that relates to the identified voltage or the identified current, the relay comprising a coil, wherein two terminals of a the coil of the relay are connected to the voltage identifying system, one of the two terminals of the coil is directly connected to an electrode of the battery pack, an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying system, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit ( 7 ) , the red and black power source clips are connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack ( 4 ) through a reverse-insertion-proof connector or welded wires, the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips.

Claim 4 (Independent)

4. An emergency power source comprising a housing, said housing having at its inside a batter pack ( 4 ) for storing battery pack configured to store electric energy, wherein input terminals of the battery pack ( 4 ) are configured to be connected to output terminals of acharging circuit ( 1 ) and a solar panel input circuit ( 2 ) disposed outside of the housing , output terminals of the battery pack ( 4 ) are configured to be connected to a high current outputting circuit ( 7 ) for outputting a high current used for starting a vehicle, an external a smart battery detection system ( 6 ) is connected between the battery pack ( 4 ) and the high current outputting circuit ( 7 ) , the smart battery detection system comprising: a red power source clip and a black power source clip configured to be connected with a vehicle battery of the vehicle, a voltage identifying system comprising a circuit configured to identify a voltage of the vehicle battery, a current identifying system comprising a circuit configured to identify a current flowing through an external starting circuit, wherein the circuit of the current identifying system comprises an amplifier, and a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal that relates to the identified voltage or the identified current, wherein two terminals of the relay are connected to the voltage identifying system, one of the two terminals of a coil of the relay is directly connected to an electrode of the battery pack, an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying system, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit, wherein the red and black power source clips are connected to positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack, the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips, wherein the output terminals of the battery pack are further connected to a multipath DC-DC voltage regulator circuit comprising : a DC-DC 19V boost circuit ( 11 ) having outputting an output voltage of 19V boosted to be higher than a voltage from the battery pack , a DC-DC 12V output circuit ( 10 ) having outputting an output voltage of 12V associated with a voltage of the battery pack , and a DC-DC 5V buck circuit ( 9 ) having outputting an output voltage of 5V lower than a voltage of the battery pack , and wherein an output terminal of the DC-DC 12V output circuit ( 10 ) is connected to an alerting system ( 15 ) for transmitting an alerting signal, an inverter circuit ( 17 ) for converting electric energy outputted by the battery pack ( 4 ) from direct current to alternating current, and a smart heating system ( 16 ) for heating the battery pack ( 4 ) , wherein the smart heating system comprises a heating wire or a heating sheet .

Claim 38 (Independent)

38. An emergency power source, comprising: a housing, the housing having at its inside a battery pack, wherein the battery pack is configured to store electric energy and to be connected to a high current ouputting circuit configured to output a high current for starting a vehicle or charging an external battery, and wherein the battery pack is configured to be charged by an external power source via a charging circuit or by solar energy via a solar panel input circuit disposed outside of the housing, and a smart battery detection system connected between the battery pack and a vehicle battery of the vehicle, the smart battery detection system comprising: a red power source clip and a black power source clip configured to be connected with the vehicle battery, a voltage identifying system comprising a circuit for identifying a voltage of the vehicle battery or the battery pack, wherein the circuit of the voltage identifying system comprises a first amplifier, a current identifying system comprising a circuit for identifying a current flowing through an external starting circuit, wherein the circuit of the current identifying system comprises a second amplifier, and a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal that relates to the identified voltage or the identified current, wherein two terminals of a coil of the relay are connected to the voltage identifying system, an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying circuit, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit, the red and black power source clips are connected to positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack through a reverse-insertion-proof connector or welded wires, and the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips, a micro controller coupled to the voltage identifying system and the current identifying system to receive an input associated with the identified voltage or the identified current, a first control switch coupled to (1) the micro controller to receive a first output signal from the micro controller, and (2) a terminal of the coil of the relay to provide a first electrical signal to the terminal of the coil of the relay in response to the first output signal, and a second control switch coupled to (1) the micro controller to receive a second output signal from the micro controller, and (2) the terminal of the coil of the relay, via the first control switch.

Claim 39 (Independent)

39. An emergency power source comprising: a housing, the housing having at its inside a battery pack, wherein the battery pack is configured to store electric energy and to be connected to a high current outputting circuit configured to output a high current for starting a vehicle or charging an external battery, wherein the battery pack is configured to be charged by an external power source via a charging circuit or by solar energy via a solar panel input circuit disposed outside of the housing, and a smart battery detection system connected between the battery pack and the high current outputting circuit, the smart battery detection system comprising a red power source clip and a black power source clip configured to be connected with, and to transfer electric power from the battery pack to, the external battery to be charged or the vehicle to be jump started, a voltage identifying system comprising a circuit for identifying a voltage of the external battery or the battery pack, a current identifying system comprising a circuit for identifying a current flowing through an external starting circuit, wherein the circuit of the current identifying system comprises an amplifier, a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal that relates to the identified voltage or the identified current, the relay comprising a coil operable to set the relay between the ON state and the OFF state, one or more circuit switches coupled to the coil of the relay to control electric power to the coil of the relay, and a microcontroller unit coupled to the voltage identifying system and to the one or more circuit switches to control the relay in response to a signal from the voltage identifying system indicating a status of the external battery or the battery pack, wherein two terminals of the coil of the relay are connected to the voltage identifying system, one of the two terminals of the coil is directly connected to an electrode of the battery pack, an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying system, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit, the red and black power source clips are connected to positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack through a reverse-insertion-proof . connector or welded wires, and the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips.

Claim 47 (Independent)

47. An emergency power source comprising a housing, the housing having at its inside a battery pack configured to store electric energy, wherein the battery pack includes input terminals configured to be connected to a charging circuit for receiving the electric energy from an external power source and to a solar panel input circuit outside the energy power source for receiving the electric energy from solar energy, and output terminals configured to be connected to a high current outputting circuit configured to output a high current for starting a vehicle, a smart battery detection system connected between the battery pack and the high current outputting circuit, the smart battery detection system comprising a red power source clip and a black power source clip configured to be connected with a vehicle battery of the vehicle, a voltage identifying system including a circuit for identifying a voltage of the vehicle battery or the battery pack, a current identifying system including a circuit for identifying a current flowing through an external starting circuit, and a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal that relates to the identified voltage or the identified current, the relay comprising a coil, wherein two terminals of the coil of the relay are connected to the voltage identifying system, one of the two terminals of the coil is directly connected to an electrode of the battery pack. an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying system, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit, and the red and black power source clips are connected to positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack, the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips.

Claim 48 (Independent)

48. An emergency power source comprising a housing, the housing having at its inside a battery pack configured to store electric energy, wherein the battery pack is configured to be charged by an external power source by connecting to a charging circuit or by solar energy by connecting to a solar panel input circuit disposed outside of the housing, and output terminals of the battery pack are configured to be connected to a high current outputting circuit configured to output a high current for starting a vehicle, a smart battery detection system connected between the battery pack and the high current outputting circuit. the smart battery detection system comprising a red power source clip and a black power source clip configured to be connected with a vehicle battery of the vehicle, a voltage identifying system including a circuit for identifying a voltage of the vehicle battery or the battery pack, a current identifying system including a circuit for identifying a current flowing through an external starting circuit, and a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal that relates to the identified voltage or the identified current, the relay comprising a coil, wherein two terminals of the coil of the relay are connected to the voltage identifying system. one of the two terminals of the coil is directly connected to an electrode of the battery pack, an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying system, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit, and the red and black power source clips are connected to positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack, the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips.

Show 42 dependent claims
Claim 2 (depends on 1)

2. The emergency power source according to claim 1 , wherein the relay is a 12V or 24V relay with a rating current ranging from 20 A to 300 A and 4 to 6 pins, the external smart battery detection system ( 6 ) is either disposed outside the emergency power source and connected to the emergency power source through a reverse-insertion-proof connector, or disposed inside the emergency power source while the red and black power source clip is disposed outside the emergency power source .

Claim 3 (depends on 2)

3. The emergency power source according to claim 2 , wherein when the red and black power source clips are respectively connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the external vehicle battery, if the voltage identifying system is configured to detect whether the connection is correct , a feedback voltage displayed by the voltage identifying system is positive, otherwise the feedback voltage is negative; wherein the positive feedback voltage ranges from value a of 6 to 24 V to value b of 9 to 30 V, and a is smaller than b; when the feedback voltage ranges from value a to value b and is of a positive value, the coil of the relay receives an electric signal so that its contact is closed and its output terminal is coupled to the input terminal of the high current outputting circuit, the high current outputting circuit ( 7 ) is switched on, and the emergency power source starts to power an external device with a high current; then the current identifying system detects the current flowing through the high current outputting circuit ( 7 ), if the current is lower than value c, which ranges from 0.1 A to 10 A, the electrical signal across the coil of the relay disappears so that the contact is open, said output terminal is disconnected from the high current outputting circuit to stop powering the external device with the high current; and wherein the high current outputting circuit ( 7 ) has an output voltage of 12V DC or 24V DC, and an instantaneous current ranging from 100 A to 600 A .

Claim 5 (depends on 4)

5. The emergency power source according to claim 4 , wherein the battery pack ( 4 ) consists of lithium-ion batteries connected in series or parallel , each battery having a positive electrode made of lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, nickel cobalt manganese ternary lithium or lithium manganate and a negative electrode made of artificial or natural graphite, the output terminals of the battery pack are further connected to a LED driving circuit ( 12 ), each path of the DC-DC voltage regulator circuit is connected to a MCU controller circuit ( 14 ), and the MCU controller circuit ( 14 ) is further connected to a smart LED electric quantity display system ( 8 ) for displaying the electric quantity of the emergency power source, an output terminal of the LED driving circuit ( 12 ) is connected to a LED lighting lamp ( 13 ), and an equalization protection circuit ( 3 ) is connected in parallel with the battery pack ( 4 ) for protecting the battery pack ( 4 ) .

Claim 6 (depends on 5)

6. The emergency power source according to claim 5 claim 4 , wherein the a voltage of the alternating current electric energy outputted by the inverter circuit ( 17 ) ranges from 110V to 220V , and the inverter circuit ( 17 ) is either disposed inside the housing or external to the housing .

Claim 7 (depends on 5)

7. The emergency power source according to claim 5 claim 4 , wherein the smart heating system ( 16 ) comprises a the heating wire or a the heating sheet wrapped around the outside of the battery pack ( 4 ) , a thermistor attached onto an outer surface of the battery pack ( 4 ) and connected to the heating wire or the heating sheet, and a heating starting switch for starting the smart heating system ( 16 ), wherein the heating wire or the heating sheet has a resistance ranging from 0.1Ω to 10Ω; wherein an upper limit temperature t of a surface temperature of the battery pack ( 4 ) is preset to range from 0° C. to 70° C., if the surface temperature of the battery pack ( 4 ) fed back by the thermistor to the MCU controller circuit ( 14 ) is lower than the upper limit temperature t, then the heating starting switch is switched on so that a heating current flows through the heating wire or heating sheet to heat the battery pack ( 4 ); a heating time is preset as a fixed value d ranging from 10 s to 300 s, if the surface temperature of the battery pack ( 4 ) reaches the upper limit temperature t, the heating starting switch is automatically switched off, or if the heating time reaches value d, the heating circuit of the smarting heating system is automatically switched off .

Claim 8 (depends on 1)

8. The emergency power source according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of plastic material, aluminum material or composite material, the solar panel input circuit ( 2 ), which is disposed on the outside of the housing, has a power ranging from 0.5 W to 50 W and an input voltage ranging from 5V to 25V.

Claim 9 (depends on 1)

9. The emergency power source according to claim 1 , wherein a disposable or recoverable further comprising a fuse ( 5 ) is further connected between one of the output terminal terminal of the battery pack ( 4 ) and the external smart battery detection system ( 6 ), said fuse has a rating fusing current ranging from 50 A to 500 A .

Claim 10 (depends on 2)

10. The emergency power source according to claim 2 , wherein a circuit ( 62 ) of the current identifying system comprises: a high-accuracy operational amplifier U 3 whose model is SGM8591, resistors R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , R 17 , R 18 , R 20 , R 21 and RS, capacitors C 9 and C 12 , a switching diode D 4 whose model is IN4148; and wherein pin 1 of U 3 is floating, pin 2 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of R 16 , a terminal of R 15 and a terminal of R 21 , pin 3 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of C 12 , a terminal of RS, and a negative electrode of BT 2 , pin 4 of U 3 is grounded with a negative electrode of BT 1 and the other terminal of RS, pin 5 of U 3 is floating, pin 6 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of R 20 , the other terminal of R 21 and a positive electrode of D 4 , the other terminal of R 20 is connected to the other terminal of C 12 , pin 7 of U 3 is connected with terminal VCC and a terminal of C 9 , the other terminal of C 9 is grounded, pin 8 of U 3 is floating, a negative electrode of D 4 is connected to a terminal of R 17 , the other terminal of R 17 is connected with a terminal of R 18 and terminal IN 2 , the other terminal of R 18 is grounded, the other terminal of R 15 is connected with a terminal of R 12 , a terminal of R 13 , and a terminal of R 14 .

Claim 11 (depends on 10)

11. The emergency power source according to claim 10 , wherein a circuit ( 61 ) of the voltage identifying system comprises: a dual operational amplifier U 2 whose model is LM358, a three-terminal voltage regulator circuit U 1 whose model is 7805, resistors R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 and R 11 , capacitors C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , C 4 , C 5 , C 6 , C 7 and C 8 , schottky diodes D 1 and D 2 whose model are SS14, and a three-terminal adjustable shunt voltage reference U 4 whose model is TL431; and wherein pin 1 of U 2 is connected with a terminal of R 5 , a terminal of C 5 and a terminal of C 4 , the other terminal of R 5 is connected with a terminal of R 6 and terminal IN 1 , the other terminal of R 6 is grounded, pin 2 of U 2 is connected to pin 5 of U 2 , a terminal of R 11 , a negative electrode of U 4 , a reference electrode of U 4 , and the other terminal of R 16 , the other terminal of R 11 is connected to terminal VCC, pin 3 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of C 5 , a terminal of R 1 , a terminal of R 7 and a terminal of R 8 , the other terminal of R 1 is connected to the other terminal of C 4 , pin 4 of U 2 is grounded with the other terminal of R 7 , a positive electrode of U 4 and a terminal of R 9 , the other terminal of R 8 is connected with a negative electrode of D 2 and a terminal of R 10 , a positive electrode of D 2 is connected to a positive electrode of BT 2 , pin 6 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of R 10 , the other terminal of R 9 , a terminal of C 6 and a terminal of R 2 , pin 7 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of C 6 , a terminal of C 7 and a terminal of R 4 , the other terminal of R 4 is connected to node A, the other terminal of C 7 is connected to the other terminal of R 2 , pin 8 of U 2 is connected with a terminal of C 8 , a terminal of C 2 , a terminal of C 3 , pin 3 of U 1 and terminal VCC, the other terminal of C 8 is grounded, the other terminal of C 2 is grounded with the other terminal of C 3 , pin 1 of U 1 is connected with a terminal of C 1 and a negative electrode of D 1 , pin 2 of U 1 is grounded with the other terminal of C 1 , a positive electrode of D 1 is connected to the positive electrode of BT 1 .

Claim 12 (depends on 11)

12. The emergency power source according to claim 11 , wherein a circuit ( 63 ) of the relay comprises: a three-terminal regulator chip U 5 whose model is XC6219; resistors R 3 , R 19 and R 22 ; capacitors C 11 , C 13 and C 14 ; a schottky diode D 5 whose model is SS14; a MCU controller chip J 1 ; control switches Q 1 , Q 2 and Q 3 whose model are SI2300 and a relay; wherein pin 1 of U 5 is connected with a terminal of C 13 , pin 3 of U 5 and terminal VCC, pin 2 of U 5 is grounded with the other terminal of C 13 , a terminal of C 14 , and pin 2 of J 1 , pin 4 of U 5 is floating, pin 5 of U 5 is connected with the other terminal of C 14 and pin 1 of J 1 , pin 3 of J 1 is connected to terminal IN 1 , pin 4 of J 1 is connected to terminal OUT 1 , pin 5 of J 1 is connected to terminal IN 2 , pin 6 of J 1 is connected to terminal OUT 2 , pin 7 of J 1 is floating, pin 8 of J 1 is floating, terminal OUT 1 is connected to a terminal of R 3 , the other terminal of R 3 is connected to a gate of Q 2 , a drain of Q 2 is connected to a source of Q 3 and the other terminal of R 13 , a drain of Q 3 is connected to the other terminal of R 12 , a gate of Q 3 is connected to node A, a source of Q 2 is connected with a source of Q 1 and the other terminal of R 14 , a gate of Q 1 is connected to a terminal of R 19 , the other terminal of R 19 is connected to terminal OUT 2 , a drain of Q 1 is connected with a positive electrode of D 5 and a terminal of the coil of the relay, a negative electrode of D 5 is connected with the other terminal of the coil of the relay, a terminal of a normally open contact of the relay, a terminal of R 22 , and a positive electrode of BT 1 , the other terminal of R 22 is connected to a terminal of C 11 , the other terminal of C 11 is connected with a terminal of the normally open contact of the relay and a positive electrode of BT 2 .

Claim 13 (depends on 3)

13. The emergency power source according to claim 3 , wherein if the red and black power source clips are respectively connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the vehicle battery correctly, an output voltage of the vehicle battery obtained by the voltage identifying system is positive and ranges from value a to value b greater than the value a.

Claim 14 (depends on 13)

14. The emergency power source according to claim 13 , wherein the value a is 6 to 24 V, and the value b is 9 to 30 V.

Claim 15 (depends on 13)

15. The emergency power source according to claim 13 , wherein when the output voltage of the vehicle battery obtained by the voltage identifying system ranges from the value a to the value b and is positive, the coil of the relay receives an electrical signal so that the relay is closed to conduct electricity therethrough and an output terminal of the relay is coupled to the input terminal of the high current outputting circuit. the high current outputting circuit is switched on, and the emergency power source starts to power an external device with a high current.

Claim 16 (depends on 15)

16. The emergency power source according to claim 15 , wherein the current identifying system is configured to detect a current flowing through the high current outputting circuit. and wherein if the current is lower than value c. the electrical signal received by the relay disappears so that the relay is open and the output terminal of the relay is disconnected from the high current outputting circuit to stop powering the vehicle battery with the high current.

Claim 17 (depends on 16)

17. The emergency power source according to claim 16 , wherein the high current outputting circuit has an output voltage of 12V DC or 24V DC, and an instantaneous current ranging from 100 A to 600 A.

Claim 18 (depends on 16)

18. The emergency power source according to claim 16 , wherein the value c ranges from 0.1 A to 10 A.

Claim 19 (depends on 1)

19. The emergency power source according to claim 1 , further comprising a LED lighting lamp to provide lighting and a LED driving circuit coupled between the battery pack and the LED lighting lamp to drive the LED lighting lamp.

Claim 20 (depends on 1)

20. The emergency power source according to claim 1 , further comprising a smart heating system configured to heat the battery pack, wherein the smart heating system comprises a thermistor attached to an outside of the battery pack.

Claim 21 (depends on 1)

21. The emergency power source according to claim 1 , further comprising a micro controller operably connected to the voltage identifying system and the current identifying system to output at least one micro controller output signal associated with the ON state or the OFF state of the relay.

Claim 22 (depends on 21)

22. The emergency power source according to claim 21 , further comprising a first control switch directly connected to a terminal of the coil of the relay, wherein the first control switch is coupled in communication with the micro controller to receive a first signal associated with the at least one micro controller output signal.

Claim 23 (depends on 21)

23. The emergency power source according to claim 21 , wherein the current identifying system is configured to detect whether the emergency power source is disconnected from the vehicle battery; and the micro controller is configured to receive an input signal in response to detecting, by the current identifying system that the emergency power source is disconnected from the vehicle battery.

Claim 24 (depends on 21)

24. The emergency power source according to claim 21 , further comprising a second control switch coupled in communication with the micro controller to receive a second signal associated with the at least one micro controller output signal, wherein the second signal is associated with the ON and OFF state of the relay.

Claim 25 (depends on 24)

25. The emergency power source according to claim 24 , wherein the micro controller output signal associated with the second signal is determined based on an input from the voltage identifying system to the micro controller.

Claim 26 (depends on 21)

26. The emergency power source according to claim 21 , wherein the voltage identifying system is coupled to: (1) a positive electrode of the battery pack to receive a voltage input to detect whether an output voltage of the battery pack is below a threshold, and (2) the micro controller. such that the micro controller receives an input signal from the voltage identifying system in response to detecting, by the voltage identifying system. that the output voltage of the battery pack is below the threshold.

Claim 27 (depends on 21)

27. The emergency power source according to claim 21 , wherein the voltage identifying system comprises a comparator, and wherein the comparator has: a first input coupled to a negative electrode of the vehicle battery to receive a voltage input, a second input receiving a reference voltage, and an output coupled to the micro controller such that the micro controller receives an input signal from the voltage identifying system in response to detecting by the comparator, that the voltage input is lower than the reference voltage.

Claim 28 (depends on 21)

28. The emergency power source according to claim 21 , further comprising a third control switch coupled to receive a third signal from the voltage identifying system, wherein the third signal is associated with the ON and OFF state of the relay.

Claim 29 (depends on 28)

29. The emergency power source according to claim 28 , wherein the voltage identifying system is coupled to: (1) a positive electrode of the vehicle battery to receive a voltage input in response to detecting. by the voltage identifying system, that an output voltage of the vehicle battery exceeds a threshold, and (2) the third control switch, such that the third control switch receives an input signal from the voltage identifying system in response to detecting, by the voltage identifying system. that the output voltage of the vehicle battery exceeds the threshold.

Claim 30 (depends on 28)

30. The emergency power source according to claim 28 , wherein the voltage identifying system comprises a comparator, and wherein the comparator has: a first input coupled to a positive electrode of the vehicle battery to receive a voltage input, a second input receiving a reference voltage, and an output coupled to the third control switch such that the third control switch receives an input signal from the voltage identifying system in response to detecting, by the comparator, that the voltage input is higher than the reference voltage.

Claim 31 (depends on 21)

31. The emergency power source according to claim 21 , further comprising a first control switch, a second control switch, and a third control switch, wherein: the first control switch is directly connected to a terminal of the coil of the relay and also coupled to receive from the micro controller a first signal associated with a first micro controller output signal of the at least one micro controller output signal, the second control switch is coupled to receive from the micro controller a second signal associated with a second micro controller output signal of the at least one micro controller output signal, the third control switch is coupled to receive from the voltage identifying system a third signal, the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal are associated with the ON and OFF state of the relay, and the second control switch and the third control switch are connected to the coil of the relay via the first control switch.

Claim 32 (depends on 31)

32. The emergency power source according to claim 31 , wherein the voltage identifying system comprises an amplifier including a first comparator and a second comparator, the first comparator has a first input coupled to a negative electrode of the vehicle battery to receive a voltage input, a second input receiving a reference voltage, and an output coupled to the micro controller such that the micro controller receives an input signal from the voltage identifying system in response to detecting, by the first comparator, that the output voltage of the vehicle battery is below a first threshold, and the second comparator has a first input receiving the reference voltage, a second input coupled to a positive electrode of the vehicle battery to receive a voltage input, and an output coupled to provide a signal to the third control switch in response to detecting, by the second comparator, that the output voltage of the vehicle battery exceeds a second threshold that is higher than the first threshold.

Claim 33 (depends on 31)

33. The emergency power source according to claim 31 , wherein the current identifying system is configured to detect whether the emergency power source is disconnected from the vehicle battery; and the micro controller is configured to receive an input signal in response to detecting, by the current identifying system, that the emergency power source is disconnected from the vehicle battery.

Claim 34 (depends on 21)

34. The emergency power source of claim 21 . wherein the current identifying system comprises: an amplifier having a plurality of pins including a first pin a second pin, a third pin, a fourth pin, and a fifth pin, a plurality of resistors including a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a fifth resistor, a sixth resistor and a seventh resistor, a plurality of capacitors including a first capacitor and a second capacitor, a switching diode having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the first pin of the amplifier is connected with a terminal of the first resistor, a terminal of the second resistor, and a terminal of the third resistor, the second pin of the amplifier is connected with a terminal of the first capacitor, a terminal of the fourth resistor, and a negative electrode of the vehicle battery, the third pin of the amplifier is connected with a terminal of the fifth resistor, a second terminal of the third resistor, and the positive electrode of the switching diode, a second terminal of the fifth resistor is connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor, the fourth pin of the amplifier is connected with terminal VCC and a terminal of the second capacitor, and the negative electrode of the switching diode is connected to a terminal of the sixth resistor, a second terminal of the sixth resistor is connected with a terminal of the seventh resistor and a terminal of the micro controller.

Claim 35 (depends on 4)

35. The emergency power source according to claim 4 , further comprising: a micro controller that is coupled to the voltage identifying system and the current identifying system and configured to output at least one micro controller output signal relating to the ON state or the OFF state of the relay.

Claim 36 (depends on 35)

36. The emergency power source according to claim 35 , further comprising a first control switch, a second control switch, and a third control switch, wherein: the first control switch is directly connected to a terminal of the coil of the relay and also coupled to receive from the micro controller a first signal associated with a first micro controller output signal of the at least one micro controller output signal, the second control switch is coupled to receive from the micro controller a second signal associated with a second micro controller output signal of the at least one micro controller output signal, the third control switch is coupled to receive from the voltage identifying system a third signal, the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal are associated with the ON and OFF state of the relay, and the second control switch and the third control switch are connected to the coil of the relay via the first control switch.

Claim 37 (depends on 4)

37. The emergency power source according to claim 4 , further comprising a second micro controller that is coupled to at least one of a path of the multipath DC-DC voltage regulator circuit, and a smart LED electric quantity display system for displaying the electric quantity of the emergency power source.

Claim 40 (depends on 39)

40. The emergency power source according to claim 39 , wherein the microcontroller unit is operable to control the one or more circuit switches to cause the relay to be in the OFF state when a connection between the red and black power source clips to the external battery to be charged or the vehicle to be jump started are reverse connections.

Claim 41 (depends on 39)

41. The emergency power source according to claim 39 , wherein the one or more circuit switches are connected in series to one terminal of the coil of the relay.

Claim 42 (depends on 39)

42. The emergency power source according to claim 39 , further comprising: a DC-DC buck circuit coupled to receive electric power from the battery pack to output a low DC voltage output for charging an external device at the low DC voltage output; and a DC-DC booster circuit coupled to receive electric power from the battery pack to output a high DC voltage output for charging an external device at the high DC voltage output.

Claim 43 (depends on 42)

43. The emergency power source according to claim 42 , further comprising: an inverter circuit coupled to receive electric power from the battery pack to output an alternating current output.

Claim 44 (depends on 39)

44. The emergency power source according to claim 39 , further comprising: an LED driving circuit coupled to receive electric power from the battery pack; and an LED lighting lamp coupled to receive power from the LED driving circuit to provide light output for illumination.

Claim 45 (depends on 39)

45. The emergency power source according to claim 39 , further comprising: a thermistor coupled to the battery pack to measure a temperature of the battery pack; a heater engaged to receive electric power from the battery pack to heat the battery pack in response to a microcontroller unit control signal based on the measured temperature by the thermistor with respect to a temperature range for the battery pack.

Claim 46 (depends on 39)

46. The emergency power source according to claim 39 , wherein the microcontroller unit is operable to control one of the one or more circuit switches that in turn controls the relay based on a signal from the current identifying system.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is an application for reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 9,954,391, filed Jul. 6, 2015, which is a U.S. national phase application of International Application No. PCT/CN2013/086774, filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China on Nov. 8, 2013, which claims priority and benefit to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310004817.1, filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China on Jan. 7, 2013, the entire content of each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the technical field of direct current power source, and more particularly, to an emergency power source for powering various types of devices.

BACKGROUND

With the development of technology and the improvement of people's living standard, cars, mobile phones, computers and digital cameras have been essential items for people's living, outing and travelling. These items are all battery-powered, and thus, they may completely lose their functionality when the power source is used up, and thus is inconvenient for people's life. Therefore, for each product, the manufacturer usually provides a corresponding charger to convert the 220V municipal electricity into a direct current power source of a voltage suitable to recharge the product, but this kind of charger can not meet outdoor recharging demands. For vehicles, it frequently occurs that the vehicle can not be started, especially for the vehicle in a travel trip, it may be difficult to get started due to insufficient power or low temperature, which is inconvenient for the users.

A prior Chinese patent document CN 101685974A discloses a mobile power having a battery pack, a charging circuit, a MCU micro controller circuit and a DC-DC voltage regulating output circuit. The charging circuit has an input terminal that may be connected to an external power source, and an output terminal of the charging circuit is electrically connected to the battery pack. Moreover, the battery pack is electrically connected to the MCU micro controller circuit and the DC-DC voltage regulating output circuit, the MCU micro controller circuit is electrically connected to the charging circuit and the DC-DC regulator output circuit and controls the two circuits. The above technical solution has the following advantages: simple circuit schematic, smaller size, light-weight for carrying, easy for controlling, intelligence, low power consumption and versatility, rechargeability using municipal electricity, capability of charging a variety of electronic products with different output conversion terminals or being charged by these electronic products, convenience for managing, carrying and use. The prior patent application solves the problem of outputting power under various voltage levels and having a recharging function, but it can not be used as the vehicle starter because it does not have the high-current outputting capability. In addition, the output current according to the above patent application document is direct current. But in practice, many external equipments need alternating current input, thus the prior patent application failed to solve the problem of powering such equipments in emergency.

SUMMARY

An objective of the present invention is to provide an emergency power source, which is easy to be recharged, to output a high current for starting a vehicle and accurately control the outputting of high current.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention uses the following technical solutions.

An emergency power source has a housing. The housing has at its inside a batter pack for storing electric energy. Input terminals of the battery pack are connected to output terminals of a charging circuit and a solar panel input circuit, output terminals of the battery pack are connected to a high current outputting circuit for outputting a high current used for starting a vehicle, and an external smart battery detection system is connected between the battery pack and the high current outputting circuit.

In certain embodiments, the battery pack consists of lithium-ion batteries connected in series or parallel, each battery having a positive electrode made of lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, nickel cobalt manganese ternary lithium or lithium manganate and a negative electrode made of artificial or natural graphite, the output terminal of the battery pack is further connected to a multipath DC-DC voltage regulator circuit and a LED driving circuit, each path of the DC-DC voltage regulator circuit is connected to a MCU controller circuit, and the MCU controller circuit is further connected to a smart LED electric quantity display system for displaying the electric quantity of the emergency power source, an output terminal of the LED driving circuit is connected to a LED lighting lamp, and an equalization protection circuit is connected in parallel with the battery pack for protecting the battery pack.

In certain embodiments, the external smart battery detection system includes a red power source clip and a black power source clip for connecting with an external battery, a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal, a voltage identifying system for identifying the voltage of an external lead-acid battery or a lithium-ion starting battery, and a current identifying system for identifying a current flowing through an external starting circuit, two terminals of a coil of the relay are connected to the voltage identifying system, an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying system, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit, the red and black power source clips are connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack through an reverse-insertion-proof connector or welded wires, the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips, the relay is a 12V or 24V relay with a rating current ranging from 20 A to 300 A and 4 to 6 pins, the external smart battery detection system is either disposed outside the emergency power source and connected to the emergency power source through a reverse-insertion-proof connector, or disposed inside the emergency power source while the red and black power source clips is disposed outside the emergency power.

In certain embodiments, when the red and black power source clips are respectively connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the external battery, if the connection is correct, a feedback voltage displayed by the voltage identifying system is positive, otherwise the feedback voltage is negative; wherein the positive feedback voltage ranges from value a of 6 to 24 V to value b of 9 to 30 V and a is smaller than b; when the feedback voltage ranges from value a to value b and is of a positive value, the coil of the relay receives an electric signal so that its contact is closed and its output terminal is coupled to the input terminal of the high current outputting circuit so that the emergency power source starts to power an external device with a high current; then the current identifying system detects the current flowing through the high current outputting circuit, if the current is lower than value c, which ranges from 0.1 A to 10 A, the electrical signal across the coil of the relay disappears so that the contact is open, said output terminal is disconnected from the high current outputting circuit to stop powering the external device with the high current; and wherein the high current outputting circuit has an output voltage of 12V DC or 24V DC, and an instantaneous current ranging from 100 A to 600 A.

In certain embodiments, the DC-DC voltage regulator circuit includes a DC-DC 19V boost circuit having an output voltage of 19V, a DC-DC 12V output circuit having an output voltage of 12V, and a DC-DC 5V buck circuit having an output voltage of 5V.

In certain embodiments, an output terminal of the DC-DC 12V output circuit is connected to an alerting system for transmitting an alerting signal, an inverter circuit for converting electric energy outputted by the battery pack from direct current form to alternating current form, and a smart heating system for heating the battery pack.

In certain embodiments, the voltage of the alternating current electric energy outputted by the inverter circuit ranges from 110V to 220V, and the inverter circuit is either disposed inside the housing or external to the housing.

In certain embodiments, the smart heating system includes a heating wire or a heating sheet wrapped around the outside of the battery pack, a thermistor attached onto an outer surface of the battery pack and connected to the heating wire or the heating sheet, a heating starting switch for starting the smart heating system, the heating wire or the heating sheet having a resistance ranging from 0.1Ω to 10Ω; wherein an upper limit temperature t of a surface temperature of the battery pack is preset to range from 0° C. to 70° C., if the surface temperature of the battery pack fed back by the thermistor to the MCU controller circuit is lower than the upper limit temperature t, then the heating starting switch is switched on so that a heating current flows through the heating wire or heating sheet to heat the battery pack. The heating time is preset as a fixed value d ranging from 10 s to 300 s. If the surface temperature of the battery pack reaches the upper limit temperature t, the heating starting switch is automatically switched off, or if the heating time reaches value d, the heating circuit of the smarting heating system is automatically switched off.

In certain embodiments, the housing is made of plastic material, aluminum material or composite material, the solar panel input circuit is disposed on the outside of the housing, which has a power ranging from 0.5 W to 50 W and an input voltage ranging from 5V to 25V.

In certain embodiments, a disposable or recoverable fuse is further connected between the output terminal of the battery pack and the external smart battery detection system, which has a rating fusing current ranging from 50 A to 500 A.

In certain embodiments, a circuit of the current identifying system includes: a high-accuracy operational amplifier U 3 whose model is SGM8591, resistors R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , R 17 , R 18 , R 20 , R 21 and RS, capacitors C 9 and C 12 , a switching diode D 4 whose model is IN4148; and wherein pin 1 of U 3 is floating, pin 2 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of R 16 , a terminal of R 15 and a terminal of R 21 , pin 3 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of C 12 , a terminal of RS, and a negative electrode of BT 2 , pin 4 of U 3 is grounded with a negative electrode of BT 1 and the other terminal of RS, pin 5 of U 3 is floating, pin 6 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of R 20 , the other terminal of R 21 and a positive electrode of D 4 , the other terminal of R 20 is connected to the other terminal of C 12 , pin 7 of U 3 is connected with terminal VCC and a terminal of C 9 , the other terminal of C 9 is grounded, pin 8 of U 3 is floating, a negative electrode of D 4 is connected to a terminal of R 17 , the other terminal of R 17 is connected with a terminal of R 18 and terminal IN 2 , the other terminal of R 18 is grounded, the other terminal of R 15 is connected with a terminal of R 12 , a terminal of R 13 , and a terminal of R 14 .

In certain embodiments, a circuit of the voltage identifying system includes: a dual operational amplifier U 2 whose model is LM358, a three-terminal voltage regulator circuit U 1 whose model is 7805, resistors R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 and R 11 , capacitors C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , C 4 , C 5 , C 6 , C 7 and C 8 , schottky diodes D 1 and D 2 whose model are SS14, and a three-terminal adjustable shunt voltage reference U 4 whose model is TL431; and wherein pin 1 of U 2 is connected with a terminal of R 5 , a terminal of C 5 and a terminal of C 4 , the other terminal of R 5 is connected with a terminal of R 6 and terminal IN 1 , the other terminal of R 6 is grounded, pin 2 of U 2 is connected to pin 5 of U 2 , a terminal of R 11 , a negative electrode of U 4 , a reference electrode of U 4 , and the other terminal of R 16 , the other terminal of R 11 is connected to terminal VCC, pin 3 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of C 5 , a terminal of R 1 , a terminal of R 7 and a terminal of R 8 , the other terminal of R 1 is connected to the other terminal of C 4 , pin 4 of U 2 is grounded with the other terminal of R 7 , a positive electrode of U 4 and a terminal of R 9 , the other terminal of R 8 is connected with a negative electrode of D 2 and a terminal of R 10 , a positive electrode of D 2 is connected to a positive electrode of BT 2 , pin 6 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of R 10 , the other terminal of R 9 , a terminal of C 6 and a terminal of R 2 , pin 7 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of C 6 , a terminal of C 7 and a terminal of R 4 , the other terminal of R 4 is connected to node A, the other terminal of C 7 is connected to the other terminal of R 2 , pin 8 of U 2 is connected with a terminal of C 8 , a terminal of C 2 , a terminal of C 3 , pin 3 of U 1 and terminal VCC, the other terminal of C 8 is grounded, the other terminal of C 2 is grounded with the other terminal of C 3 , pin 1 of U 1 is connected with a terminal of C 1 and a negative electrode of D 1 , pin 2 of U 1 is grounded with the other terminal of C 1 , a positive electrode of D 1 is connected to the positive electrode of BT 1 .

In certain embodiments, a circuit of the relay includes: a three-terminal regulator chip U 5 whose model is XC6219; resistors R 3 , R 19 and R 22 ; capacitors C 11 , C 13 and C 14 ; a schottky diode D 5 whose model is SS14; a MCU controller chip J 1 ; control switches Q 1 , Q 2 and Q 3 whose model are SI2300 and a relay; wherein pin 1 of U 5 is connected with a terminal of C 13 , pin 3 of U 5 and terminal VCC, pin 2 of U 5 is grounded with the other terminal of C 13 , a terminal of C 14 , and pin 2 of J 1 , pin 4 of U 5 is floating, pin 5 of U 5 is connected with the other terminal of C 14 and pin 1 of J 1 , pin 3 of J 1 is connected to terminal IN 1 , pin 4 of J 1 is connected to terminal OUT 1 , pin 5 of J 1 is connected to terminal IN 2 , pin 6 of J 1 is connected to terminal OUT 2 , pin 7 of J 1 is floating, pin 8 of J 1 is floating, terminal OUT 1 is connected to a terminal of R 3 , the other terminal of R 3 is connected to a gate of Q 2 , a drain of Q 2 is connected to a source of Q 3 and the other terminal of R 13 , a drain of Q 3 is connected to the other terminal of R 12 , a gate of Q 3 is connected to node A, a source of Q 2 is connected with a source of Q 1 and the other terminal of R 14 , a gate of Q 1 is connected to a terminal of R 19 , the other terminal of R 19 is connected to terminal OUT 2 , a drain of Q 1 is connected with a positive electrode of D 5 and a terminal of the coil of the relay, a negative electrode of D 5 is connected with the other terminal of the coil of the relay, a terminal of a normally open contact of the relay, a terminal of R 22 , and a positive electrode of BT 1 , the other terminal of R 22 is connected to a terminal of C 11 , the other terminal of C 11 is connected with a terminal of the normally open contact of the relay and a positive electrode of BT 2 .

The present invention has the following advantages. The emergency power source of the present invention uses lithium-ion batteries as its battery pack, which have characteristics of light weight, small size, durability, high instantaneous discharging current and rechargeability, which can meet the demand of high current for starting a vehicle. By coupling an external smart battery detection system between the high current outputting circuit and the battery pack, the high current being supplied to external devices can be efficiently, accurately and reliably controlled. The battery pack of the emergency power source is also connected to a voltage regulator circuit for outputting a variety of voltage levels, and thus outdoor power demands of mobile phones, computers, digital cameras, car playing pumps, car refrigerators, car cleaners and so on can be satisfied by connecting the output terminal of the respective path of the voltage regulator circuit to the MCU controller circuit. The LED lighting lamp may provide outdoor lighting. The emergency power source itself may be charged by an external power source or solar energy, thereby the emergency power source can be automatically charged outdoors. In addition, the emergency power source has an alerting system, when the user is lost or some condition occurs, he or she can press on the start button of the alerting system to notice people around for help by activating a light or sound indicator of the alerting system. The emergency power source is also connected to the inverter circuit and the smart heating system, wherein the inverter circuit may convert electric energy in direct current form outputted by the battery pack into alternating current from, so that the power-shortage devices needing alternating current can be powered outdoors. The smart heating system has a heating wire or heating sheet and a thermal resistor, and may heat the battery pack of the power source under low environmental temperature to ensure normal working of the battery pack and provide electric energy. Moreover, the emergency power source has distinct red and black battery clips, which can effectively prevent reverse connection of the positive and negative electrodes when powering the external failure batteries, thereby are more convenient to the users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an emergency power source of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a first circuit diagram of an external smart battery detection system for an emergency power source of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a second circuit diagram of an external smart battery detection system shown in FIG. 2 .

FIGS. 4a and 4b show block diagrams of embodiments of a smart heating system of an emergency power source.

In the above figures: 1 —charging circuit; 2 —solar panel input circuit; 3 —equalization protection circuit; 4 —battery pack; 5 —fuse; 6 —external smart battery detection system; 7 —high current outputting circuit; 8 —smart LED electric quantity display system; 9 —DC-DC 5V buck circuit; 10 —12V output circuit; 11 —DC-DC 19V boost circuit; 12 —LED driving circuit; 13 —LED lighting lamp; 14 —MCU controller circuit; 15 —alerting system; 16 —smart heating system; 17 —inverter circuit; 61 —circuit of voltage identifying system, 62 —circuit of current identifying system; 63 —circuit of relay ; 40A—heating wire; 40B—heating sheet; 45—thermistor; 48—heating starting switch; 50—housing .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

With reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention will be further described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 , an emergency power source includes a housing 50 having at its inside a battery pack 4 for storing electric energy. Input terminals of the battery pack 4 are connected to output terminals of a charging circuit 1 and a solar panel input circuit 2 , output terminals of the battery pack 4 are connected to a high current outputting circuit 7 for outputting a high current used for starting a vehicle, and an external smart battery detection system 6 is connected between the battery pack 4 and the high current outputting circuit 7 . Furthermore, the battery pack 4 consists of lithium-ion batteries connected in series or parallel, each having a positive electrode made of lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, nickel cobalt manganese ternary lithium or lithium manganate and a negative electrode made of artificial or natural graphite. The output terminals of the battery pack are further connected to a multipath DC-DC voltage regulator circuit and a LED driving circuit 12 , each path of the DC-DC voltage regulator circuit is connected to a MCU controller circuit 14 , and the MCU controller circuit 14 is further connected to a smart LED electric quantity display system 8 for displaying the electric quantity of the emergency power source, an output terminal of the LED driving circuit 12 is connected to a LED lighting lamp 13 , and an equalization protection circuit 3 is connected in parallel with the battery pack 4 for protecting the battery pack 4 . The DC-DC voltage regulator circuit includes a DC-DC 19V boost circuit 11 of an output voltage of 19V, a DC-DC 12V output circuit 10 of an output voltage of 12V, and a DC-DC 5V buck circuit 9 of an output voltage of 5V. In addition, the housing 50 of the emergency power source of the invention is made of plastic material, aluminum material or composite material. The solar panel input circuit 2 is disposed outside of the housing 50 , and has a power ranging from 0.5 W to 50 W and an input voltage ranging from 5V to 25V.

The emergency power source uses lithium-ion batteries as its battery pack, which has the characteristics of light weight, small size, durability, high instantaneous discharge current and rechargeability, which is capable of supplying a high current for starting a vehicle. By connecting the external smart battery detection system between the high current outputting circuit and the battery pack, the high current can be efficiently, accurately and reliably controlled, and the electric energy can be used more efficiently. The battery pack of the emergency power source is also connected to the voltage regulator circuit for outputting a variety of voltage levels, and by connecting the output terminal of the respective path of the voltage regulator circuit to the MCU controller circuit, various outdoor power demands of mobile phones, computers, digital cameras, car playing pumps, car refrigerators, car cleaners, etc. can be satisfied. The LED lighting lamp may provide outdoor lighting. Moreover, by a smart LED electric quantity display system 8 , the power usage status of the battery pack 4 in the emergency power source can be detected in real time.

An output terminal of the DC-DC 12V output circuit 10 is connected to an alerting system 15 for transmitting an alerting signal, an inverter circuit 17 for converting electric energy outputted by the battery pack 4 from direct current form to alternating current form, and a smart heating system 16 for heating the battery pack 4 . A start button of the alerting system 15 can be pressed by the user when he or she is lost or some condition occurs. The alerting system 15 may notice people around for help by lighting the indicator light or transmitting sounds with the alerting system 15 . The voltage of the alternating current power outputted by the inverter circuit 17 ranges from 110V to 220V, which makes the emergency power source easy to be connected to external devices requiring alternating current power, and the voltage matches with the demand and no regulation is needed. Thus, the external devices may be powered outdoors under power shortage situation, to ensure the normal working of such devices. The inverter circuit 17 may be disposed inside the housing 50 , or a connector for connecting the inverter circuit 17 may be provided on the housing 50 . When there is a need for alternating current power supplying, the external inverter can be directly connected to the connector to satisfy the demand for converting direct current form into alternating current form, and the operation is convenient. In addition, as illustrated in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the smart heating system 16 includes a heating wire 40A or a heating sheet 40B wrapped around the outside of the battery pack 4 , a thermistor 45 attached onto an outer surface of the battery pack 4 and connected to the heating wire 40A or the heating sheet 40B , and a heating starting switch 48 for starting the smart heating system 16 . The heating wire 40A or the heating sheet 40B has a resistance ranging from 0.1Ω to 10Ω. When being used, an upper limit temperature t of a surface temperature of the battery pack 4 is preset to range from 0° C. to 70° C. If the external environment temperature is low and affects the normal working of the power source, then the heating starting switch 48 is switched on. If the surface temperature of the battery pack 4 fed back by the thermistor 45 to the MCU controller circuit 14 is lower than t, then the heating starting switch 48 controlling the heating of the heating wire 40A or the heating sheet 40B is switched on so that a heating current flows through the heating wire 40A or the heating sheet 40B , the smart heating system 16 begins to heat the battery pack 4 . Before heating, a heating time is preset as a fixed value d ranging from 10 s to 300 s. During the heating process, when the surface temperature of the battery pack 4 reaches the upper limit temperature t, the heating starting switch 48 controlling the heating wire 40A or the heating sheet 40B will be automatically switched off, cutting off the current flowing through the heating wire 40A or the heating sheet 40B . Alternatively, when the heating time reaches value d, the heating circuit of the smart heating system 16 will be automatically switched off to stop heating the battery pack. The smart heating system 16 accurately controls the ON state and OFF state of the heating circuit of the smart heating system 16 using the thermal sensitive property of the thermistor 48 , thereby improving the heating efficiency and reducing the power consumption of the heating. With the smart heating system 16 , the emergency power source may ensure the normal working of the battery pack and supplying external devices under low environmental temperature that may affect normal working of the power sources. Thus, the reliability of the entire system is improved.

The external smart battery detection system 6 includes a red power source clip and a black power source clip for connecting with an external battery, a relay switchable between an ON state and an OFF state according to a detection signal, a voltage identifying system for identifying the voltage of an external lead-acid battery or a lithium-ion starting battery, and a current identifying system for identifying a current flowing through an external starting circuit. The voltage identifying system is connected between two terminals of a coil of the relay, an input terminal of the relay is connected to the current identifying system, an output terminal of the relay is connected to the high current outputting circuit 7 , the red and black power source clips are connected to the battery pack through an anti-reverse connector connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack 4 or conducting wires welded to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack 4 . If the red and black power source clips are connected to an insertable anti-reverse connector such that the voltage identifying system is connected to the red and black power source clips. The relay of the emergency power source of the invention is a 12V or 24V relay with a rating current ranging from 20 A to 300 A and 4 to 6 pins. The external smart battery detection system 6 is disposed outside the emergency power source and connected to the emergency power source through an anti-reverse connector, or is disposed inside the emergency power source with the red and black power source clips disposed outside the emergency power. Preferably, in certain embodiments of the invention, the external battery detection system 6 is disposed inside the emergency power source with the red and black power source clips disposed outside the emergency power source. The red and black power source clips and the battery pack 4 are connected with each other by silicone wire or other wires, to connect with the external devices. Reverse connection or short-circuit condition caused by the contact of the red and black power source clip can be avoided by connecting the red and black power source clips to the external batteries.

When the red and black power source clips are respectively connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the external battery, if the connection is correct, a feedback voltage displayed by the voltage identifying system is positive, otherwise the feedback voltage is negative. The positive feedback voltage ranges from value a of 6 to 24 V to value b of 9 to 30 V, and a is smaller than b. If the connection is reverse, the relay does not work, and the high current outputting circuit 7 may be cut off. If the external smart battery detection system 6 fails, to further ensure the safety of the emergency power source, in the circuit of the emergency power source of the invention, a disposable or recoverable fuse 5 is provided and is connected between the output terminals of the battery pack 4 and the external smart battery detection system 6 . The fuse 5 has a rating fusing current ranging from 50 A to 500 A. To ensure the safety of charging or discharging the battery pack 4 , an equalization protection circuit 3 is connected in parallel with the battery pack 4 , providing over-current, overload, overcharging or over-discharging protection for the battery pack 4 .

In this invention, when the feedback voltage ranges from value a to value b and is of a positive value, the coil of the relay receives a voltage signal so that its contact is closed and its output terminal is coupled to the high current outputting circuit 7 , and the emergency power source starts to power an external device with a high current. At this time, the current identifying system detects the current flowing through the high current outputting circuit 7 . If the current is lower than value c, which ranges from 0.1 A to 10 A, the voltage signal across the coil of the relay disappears, the contact is then open, thus its output terminal is disconnected from the high current outputting circuit 7 to stop powering the external device with the high current. The high current outputting circuit 7 has an output voltage of 12V DC or 24V DC, and an instantaneous current ranging from 100 A to 600 A, which can be used as a starting power source for vehicles in emergency. Powering the external device with the high current can be efficiently, accurately and reliably controlled, and the electric energy can be efficiently used by connecting the external smart battery detection system 6 between the high current outputting circuit 7 and the battery pack 4 . The external smart battery detection system 6 can be disposed inside the housing 50 or external to the housing 50 .

FIGS. 2 and 3 show a circuit diagram of the external smart battery detection system 6 . BT 1 is a rechargeable battery, which is the battery pack 4 in FIG. 1 , and BT 2 is a vehicle battery to be charged.

Specifically, a circuit 62 of the current identifying system includes: a high-accuracy operational amplifier U 3 whose model is SGM8591, resistors R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , R 17 , R 18 , R 20 , R 21 and RS, capacitors C 9 and C 12 , a switching diode D 4 whose model is IN4148; and wherein pin 1 of U 3 is floating, pin 2 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of R 16 , a terminal of R 15 and a terminal of R 21 , pin 3 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of C 12 , a terminal of RS, and a negative electrode of BT 2 , pin 4 of U 3 is grounded with a negative electrode of BT 1 and the other terminal of RS, pin 5 of U 3 is floating, pin 6 of U 3 is connected with a terminal of R 20 , the other terminal of R 21 and a positive electrode of D 4 , the other terminal of R 20 is connected to the other terminal of C 12 , pin 7 of U 3 is connected with terminal VCC and a terminal of C 9 , the other terminal of C 9 is grounded, pin 8 of U 3 is floating, a negative electrode of D 4 is connected to a terminal of R 17 , the other terminal of R 17 is connected with a terminal of R 18 and terminal IN 2 , the other terminal of R 18 is grounded, the other terminal of R 15 is connected with a terminal of R 12 , a terminal of R 13 , and a terminal of R 14 .

Specifically, the circuit 61 of the voltage identifying system includes: a dual operational amplifier U 2 whose model is LM358, a three-terminal voltage regulator circuit U 1 whose model is a 7805, resistors R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 and R 11 , capacitors C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , C 4 , C 5 , C 6 , C 7 and C 8 , schottky diodes D 1 and D 2 whose model are SS14, and a three-terminal adjustable shunt voltage reference U 4 whose model is TL431; and wherein pin 1 of U 2 is connected with a terminal of R 5 , a terminal of C 5 and a terminal of C 4 , the other terminal of R 5 is connected with a terminal of R 6 and terminal IN 1 , the other terminal of R 6 is grounded, pin 2 of U 2 is connected to pin 5 of U 2 , a terminal of R 11 , a negative electrode of U 4 , a reference electrode of U 4 , and the other terminal of R 16 , the other terminal of R 11 is connected to terminal VCC, pin 3 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of C 5 , a terminal of R 1 , a terminal of R 7 and a terminal of R 8 , the other terminal of R 1 is connected to the other terminal of C 4 , pin 4 of U 2 is grounded with the other terminal of R 7 , a positive electrode of U 4 and a terminal of R 9 , the other terminal of R 8 is connected with a negative electrode of D 2 and a terminal of R 10 , a positive electrode of D 2 is connected to a positive electrode of BT 2 , pin 6 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of R 10 , the other terminal of R 9 , a terminal of C 6 and a terminal of R 2 , pin 7 of U 2 is connected with the other terminal of C 6 , a terminal of C 7 and a terminal of R 4 , the other terminal of R 4 is connected to node A, the other terminal of C 7 is connected to the other terminal of R 2 , pin 8 of U 2 is connected with a terminal of C 8 , a terminal of C 2 , a terminal of C 3 , pin 3 of U 1 and terminal VCC, the other terminal of C 8 is grounded, the other terminal of C 2 is grounded with the other terminal of C 3 , pin 1 of U 1 is connected with a terminal of C 1 and a negative electrode of D 1 , pin 2 of U 1 is grounded with the other terminal of C 1 , a positive electrode of D 1 is connected to the positive electrode of BT 1 .

Specifically, the circuit 63 of the relay includes: a three-terminal regulator chip U 5 whose model is XC6219; resistors R 3 , R 19 and R 22 ; capacitors C 11 , C 13 and C 14 ; a schottky diode D 5 whose model is SS14; a MCU controller chip J 1 ; control switches Q 1 , Q 2 and Q 3 whose model are SI2300 and a relay; wherein pin 1 of U 5 is connected with a terminal of C 13 , pin 3 of U 5 , terminal VCC, pin 2 of U 5 is grounded with the other terminal of C 13 , a terminal of C 14 , and pin 2 of J 1 , pin 4 of U 5 is floating, pin 5 of U 5 is connected with the other terminal of C 14 and pin 1 of J 1 , pin 3 of J 1 is connected to terminal IN 1 , pin 4 of J 1 is connected to terminal OUT 1 , pin 5 of J 1 is connected to terminal IN 2 , pin 6 of J 1 is connected to terminal OUT 2 , pin 7 of J 1 is floating, pin 8 of J 1 is floating, terminal OUT 1 is connected to a terminal of R 3 , the other terminal of R 3 is connected to a gate of Q 2 , a drain of Q 2 is connected to a source of Q 3 and the other terminal of R 13 , a drain of Q 3 is connected to the other terminal of R 12 , a gate of Q 3 is connected to node A, a source of Q 2 is connected with a source of Q 1 and the other terminal of R 14 , a gate of Q 1 is connected to a terminal of R 19 , the other terminal of R 19 is connected to terminal OUT 2 , a drain of Q 1 is connected with a positive electrode of D 5 and a terminal of the coil of the relay, a negative electrode of D 5 is connected with the other terminal of the coil of the relay, a terminal of a normally open contact of the relay, a terminal of R 22 , and a positive electrode of BT 1 , the other terminal of R 22 is connected to a terminal of C 11 , the other terminal of C 11 is connected with a terminal of the normally open contact of the relay and a positive electrode of BT 2 .

When the emergency power source is disconnected from the external rechargeable battery, or the current is smaller than the preset current value, R 15 and R 16 in the circuit 62 of the current identifying system provide a detection signal to U 3 . Then U 3 sends an output signal to the MCU controller chip according to the detection signal, based on which the MCU controller chip may determine the ON or OFF state of the circuit to make proper instructions. When the preset voltage value is 8.1V and the output voltage value is smaller than the preset value, R 7 and R 8 of the circuit 61 of the voltage identifying system may provide a detection signal to U 2 , and U 2 may send an output signal to terminal IN 1 according to the detection signal. Then the MCU controller chip further controls the control switch Q 2 in the circuit 63 of the relay according to the signal from terminal IN 1 . When the output voltage is bigger than a preset value, which may be 12.6V in the invention, R 9 and R 10 of the circuit 61 of the voltage identifying system may provide a detection signal to U 2 , and U 2 may send a signal according to the detection signal to control the control switch Q 3 in the circuit 63 of the relay. In this invention, the circuit 61 of the voltage identifying system and the circuit 62 of the current identifying system co-operate to provide the signal to the MCU controller chip. With the determination of the MCU controller chip, the switches Q 1 , Q 2 and Q 3 in the circuit 63 of the replay relay can be controlled to achieve charging and protecting.

The foregoing are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, which is not intended to limit the invention. For a person skilled in the art, various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalents and improvements within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included within the scope of the present invention.

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