Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle finder card with a thin film battery
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Application No.: US15792722Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US10475267B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Aaron Matthew DeLong , John Robert Van Wiemeersch , Vivekanandh Elangovan
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: B60R25/00
- IPC: B60R25/00 ; G05B19/00 ; G05B23/00 ; G06F7/00 ; G06F7/04 ; G08B29/00 ; G08C19/00 ; H04B1/00 ; H04B3/00 ; H04Q1/00 ; H04Q9/00 ; G07C9/00 ; B60R25/20

Abstract:
Method and apparatus are disclosed for a vehicle finder card with a thin film battery. An example includes a finder card and a vehicle. The finder card includes a thin film battery, a mechanical button flush with a surface of the finder card, a passive near field communication module and an active wireless module. The active wireless module broadcasts a wireless message with a command based on a pattern of the button being pressed. The vehicle provides a plurality of audiovisuals alert based on the command in the wireless message.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190122464A1 VEHICLE FINDER CARD WITH A THIN FILM BATTERY Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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