Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for determining a vehicle battery status
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Application No.: US14746333Application Date: 2015-06-22
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Publication No.: US09764641B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Ronald B. Peel , Michael J. Sims , Michael J. Laeder
- Applicant: Medallion Instrumentation Systems, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Spring Lake
- Assignee: Medallion Instrumentation Systems LLC
- Current Assignee: Medallion Instrumentation Systems LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Spring Lake
- Agency: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
- Main IPC: H01M10/46
- IPC: H01M10/46 ; B60K37/02 ; G01R31/36 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
A battery indicator system for a vehicle. In one embodiment, the battery indicator system includes a power port for the vehicle, the power port having a socket and battery monitor in electrical communication with a power source on a vehicle. The battery monitor is operable in a status mode in which it indicates or communicates to an indicator at least one of the state of charge and the state of health of the power source on the vehicle while a device is being charged or powered via the power port. The power port can include an integrated indicator, such as one or more lighting elements. The power source can provide power to the device to charge and/or power the device and provides power to the battery monitor so that a viewer of the port can easily monitor the status of the charge of the power source itself (versus the charging status of the device) via the power port to ensure the power source is not inadvertently drained. In one embodiment, the battery monitor can be mounted to the power source separate from the power port, and communicate at least one of the state of charge and state of health information for display on an indicator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150367733A1 POWER SOURCE STATE OF CHARGE GAUGE Public/Granted day:2015-12-24
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