Patent ID: 6152597
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G01K,G01R,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
An apparatus for monitoring temperature functions of a power source, said apparatus comprising:a non-conductive stratum having a major surface;a first conductive element affixed upon said major surface and having an electrically accessible portion;a second conductive element affixed upon said major surface parallel to said first conductive element, said second conductive element having a dimensionally- and electrically-equivalent accessible portion facing said first conductive element so as to provide an open area between said accessible conductive element portions for uniformly-applying a thermally-resistive ink covering said entire open area of said major surface between said spaced accessible conductive element portions, and to be in electrically-equivalent contact with each of said conductive elements along each said accessible portion; andsaid resistive-ink covered area, by changing its resistance value with a change in temperature, enables a determination of temperature based on the resistance value.