Invention Grant
US08209082B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring battery drain and starter current
有权
监测电池排水和起动电流的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring battery drain and starter current
- Patent Title (中): 监测电池排水和起动电流的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11937841Application Date: 2007-11-09
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Publication No.: US08209082B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Garret Miller , Kurt Raichle
- Applicant: Garret Miller , Kurt Raichle
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: SPX Corporation
- Current Assignee: SPX Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: G01M17/00
- IPC: G01M17/00 ; G01R31/36

Abstract:
A parasitic drain tester measuring the parasitic battery drain of a vehicle and the high current used by the vehicle starter motor, includes a current measuring circuit and a unit. The current measuring circuit includes a capacitor smoothing the current distribution within the circuit, a first interface connected to a vehicle power source being tested and the capacitor, a second interface accommodating an outside connection for communication, a first processor connected to the second interface and the capacitor, the processor communicating with the second interface and performing analysis and calculation of the data received, and a converting unit connected to the processor, converting the signal received through the first interface from a first form to a second form in order to process the signal received. The first unit is connected to the current measuring circuit, and the first unit includes a memory storing information retrieved from the current measuring circuit through the second interface, and a second processor analyzes the information received from the current measuring circuit and providing instructions to the first processor through the second interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090125179A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING BATTERY DRAIN AND STARTER CURRENT Public/Granted day:2009-05-14
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