Vehicle battery discharging indicator
CA 1297944 C · Owner: Riesberg, Van V. Jr. · Inventors: Nowakowski, Robert J.; Riesberg, Van V. Jr.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, An apparatus for and method of indicating when the battery in a motor vehicle is discharging is disclosed in which the battery voltage during vehicle operation is monitored and compared to a stored value representing the open-circuit voltage of the battery measured prior to the vehicle engine being cranked for starting. An indication that the battery is discharging is provided only after a discharging condition, i.e. the battery voltage is less than the stored value, is detected at each of a predetermined member of consecutive timed intervals.
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- Granted March 24, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 24, 2009.
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