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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1001190 · 20 Jun 2012
Various embodiments relate to a system and related method of validating a distance based on a plurality of sensor measurements in a vehicle. A tamper-proof odometer system may comprise an odometer and a tamper-proof sensor that independently determine dist...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1002514 · 9 May 2012
A battery comprises a carrier foil, with solid state battery elements spaced along the foil and mounted on opposite sides of the foil in pairs, with the battery elements of a pair mounted at the same position along the foil. The carrier foil is folded to d...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1003879 · 28 Mar 2012
A system and method for driving a relay circuit involves driving a relay circuit using a first driver circuit if a voltage of a battery supply for the relay circuit is lower than a voltage threshold and driving the relay circuit using a second driver circu...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1006623 · 28 Dec 2011
An energy storage cell arrangement has a shared inductor (60). A switching arrangement (62) is controllable such that it is able to couple one side of the inductor to any one of a first set of cell terminals, and to couple the other side of the inductor to...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1007379 · 7 Dec 2011
A high density capacitor 12, a method of manufacturing it, and applications of it are described. The capacitor 12 is an electrochemical capacitor using a metal ion accepting cathode 22 and a metal ion accepting anode 26 and a amorphous solid electrolyte 24...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1008729 · 12 Oct 2011
It is provided an apparatus for transferring energy to an accumulator, the apparatus comprising: a core (115, 215, 315); and a wire (117, 217) wound around the core thereby forming a coil (113, 213, 413, 513), wherein the coil is adapted to receive energy ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1009606 · 7 Sep 2011
There is disclosed a charge balancing circuit (CBC) and method (10, 20) for balancing charge storage elements (CSE1_1, CSE1_2, CSE2_2) of a charge storage device (CSD). The charge storage device comprises at least two series connected chains (CHN1, CHN2) o...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1010766 · 27 Jul 2011
A data processing apparatus (30) comprising: a local source of data (4); a first controller (31); and a tamper-resistant second controller (32) configured to communicate with the first controller, the first controller being configured to control and receiv...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1011372 · 29 Jun 2011
A system is described for personalization of vehicle operations. The system includes a smart card reader and a vehicle computer system. The smart card reader reads user-specific personalization information from a smart card corresponding to a user of the s...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1012407 · 1 Jun 2011
Apparatus comprising a carrier, a laminated battery provided on a major surface of the carrier, and an integrated circuit. The laminated battery includes a bottom electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a top electrode layer. The integrated circuit is c...