1. A battery current sensing device for the battery of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a current sensor connected to the battery to receive current flow of the battery;
a substrate having a measuring circuit; and
a connecting element having a first end and a second end, the first end of the connecting element being electrically and mechanically connected to the substrate and the second end of the connecting element being electrically and mechanically connected to the current sensor such that the connecting element electrically and mechanically connects the substrate in a fixed position to the current sensor with the measuring circuit being electrically connected to the current sensor, wherein at least one of the first end and the second end of the connecting element includes a press-fit contact for establishing the corresponding connection to the current sensor and the substrate.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the second end of the connecting element includes a connecting section for fixedly establishing the connection to one of the current sensor and the substrate.
3. The device of claim 2 wherein:
the connection between the second end of the connecting element and the one of the current sensor and the substrate is a soldered connection.
4. The device of claim 2 wherein:
the connection between the second end of the connecting element and the one of the current sensor and the substrate is a welded connection.
5. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the press-fit contact includes an elastic eyelet.
6. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the connecting element is a metal part bent at a right angle.
7. The device of claim 2 wherein:
the connecting element has an elastic middle region between the press-fit contact and the connecting section.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the substrate is a printed circuit board.
9. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the substrate is a ceramic substrate.
10. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the press-fit contact is connected to the substrate and the connecting section is connected to the current sensor.
11. The device of claim 1 wherein:
the current sensor includes a measuring resistor.
12. The device of claim 11 wherein:
the measuring resistor is a metal strip.
13. A battery current sensing device for the battery of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a current sensor connected to the battery to receive current flow of the battery;
a substrate having a measuring circuit; and
a plurality of connecting elements, each connecting element having a first end and a second end, the first end of each connecting element being electrically and mechanically connected to the substrate and the second end of each connecting element being electrically and mechanically connected to the current sensor such that the connecting elements electrically and mechanically connect the substrate in a fixed position to the current sensor with the measuring circuit being electrically connected to the current sensor, wherein the first end of each connecting element includes an elastic press-fit contact for establishing the connection to the substrate.
14. The device of claim 13 wherein:
the second end of each connecting element includes a connecting section for fixedly establishing the connection to the current sensor.
15. The device of claim 14 wherein:
the connection between the second end of each connecting element and the current sensor is a soldered connection.
16. The device of claim 14 wherein:
the connection between the second end of each connecting element and the current sensor is a welded connection.
17. The device of claim 13 wherein:
the elastic press-fit contact of each connecting element includes an elastic eyelet.
18. The device of claim 13 wherein:
each connecting element is a metal part bent at a right angle.
19. The device of claim 14 wherein:
each connecting element has an elastic middle region between the elastic press-fit contact and the connecting section of the connecting element.
20. A battery current sensing device for the battery of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a current sensor connected to the battery to receive current flow of the battery;
a substrate having a measuring circuit; and
a plurality of connecting elements, each connecting element having a first end and a second end, the first end of each connecting element being electrically and mechanically connected to the current sensor and the second end of each connecting element being electrically and mechanically connected to the substrate such that the connecting elements electrically and mechanically connect the substrate in a fixed position to the current sensor with the measuring circuit being electrically connected to the current sensor, wherein the first end of each connecting element includes an elastic press-fit contact for establishing the connection to the current sensor, wherein each connecting element has an elastic middle region between the elastic press-fit contact and the second end of the connecting element.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. An automotive air-conditioner comprising:
an air-conditioner case;
a blower unit having a scroll casing containing a centrifugal fan therein, the scroll casing having a scroll angle starting from a scroll-starting position and ending at a scroll-ending position, the blower unit being disposed in the air-conditioner case;
a plurality of outlet ducts disposed downstream of the blower unit in the air-conditioner case, some outlet ducts requiring a larger amount of air to be blown therefrom than other ducts;
an air passage formed in the air-conditioner case from the centrifugal fan to the outlet ducts; and
mode-switching doors for closing and opening the respective outlet ducts in a controlled manner, wherein:
the centrifugal fan is a backward fan having a blade angle larger than 90; and
the outlet ducts requiring a larger amount of air are positioned closer to the scroll-starting position than the other outlet ducts requiring less amount of air.
2. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 1, wherein:
the air passage is formed along a surface perpendicular to a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan.
3. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 1, wherein:
the outlet ducts requiring a larger amount of air are positioned above a tangent line extending from the scroll-ending position.
4. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 1, wherein:
the outlet ducts requiring a larger amount of air are outlet ducts from which conditioned air to be blown toward a head portion of a passenger is supplied.
5. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 1, wherein:
the scroll angle of the scroll casing is set to a range from 180 to 290.
6. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 1, further including a heat-exchanger for cooling which is disposed downstream of the blower unit.
7. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 6, further including a heat-exchanger for heating air cooled by the cooling heat-exchanger, the heating heat-exchanger being disposed downstream of the cooling heat-exchanger.
8. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 6, wherein:
the heat-exchanger for cooling is disposed along an outer periphery of the centrifugal fan.
9. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 8, wherein:
the heat-exchanger for cooling is composed of a single unit having an arcuate shape.
10. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 8, wherein:
the heat-exchanger for cooling is composed of a plurality of units each having an rectangular parallelepiped shape.
11. The automotive air-conditioner as in claim 6, wherein:
the heat-exchanger for cooling comprises a plurality of flat tubes laminated to form spaces between flat surfaces of the flat tubes, the spaces forming a main airflow passage; and
the heat-exchanger for cooling is disposed in the air passage so that the flat surfaces of the flat tubes are positioned substantially in parallel to a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan.