ELECTRONIC BATTERY TESTER OR CHARGER WITH DATABUS CONNECTION
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1. A battery maintenance device for use with a storage battery of a vehicle, comprising:
- electrical connectors configured to couple to the battery;
a databus connector configured to plug into an OBD connector of the vehicle which connects to a databus of the vehicle which carries information related to the vehicle, the databus connector includes wireless I/O circuitry; and
battery maintenance circuitry coupled to the electrical connectors and configured to communicate wirelessly with the databus connector and configured to interact with the battery through the electrical connectors, to receive information related to the vehicle from the databus and wherein the operation of the battery maintenance circuitry is a function of the received information.
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Abstract
Vehicle maintenance circuitry for use with a storage battery, and/or electrical system of a vehicle includes an electrical connector configured to electrically couple to the vehicle. OBD communication circuitry is configured to couple to an OBD databus of a vehicle. The operation of the vehicle maintenance circuitry is a function of communication on the OBD databus.
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64 Claims
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1. A battery maintenance device for use with a storage battery of a vehicle, comprising:
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electrical connectors configured to couple to the battery; a databus connector configured to plug into an OBD connector of the vehicle which connects to a databus of the vehicle which carries information related to the vehicle, the databus connector includes wireless I/O circuitry; and battery maintenance circuitry coupled to the electrical connectors and configured to communicate wirelessly with the databus connector and configured to interact with the battery through the electrical connectors, to receive information related to the vehicle from the databus and wherein the operation of the battery maintenance circuitry is a function of the received information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A battery maintenance device for use with a storage battery of a vehicle, comprising:
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electrical connectors configured to couple to the battery and including wireless I/O circuitry; and battery maintenance circuitry wirelessly coupled to the electrical connectors and configured to interact with the battery through the electrical connectors and perform maintenance on the battery. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A battery maintenance device for use with a storage battery of a vehicle, comprising:
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electrical connectors configured to couple to the battery; a current sensor configured to sense current flowing through a wire of a vehicle, wherein the current sensor includes wireless I/O circuitry; battery maintenance circuitry coupled to the electrical connectors and configured to communicate wirelessly with the current sensor and configured to interact with the battery through the electrical connectors, wherein the operation of the battery maintenance circuitry is a function of sensed current. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method of performing maintenance on a storage of a battery of a vehicle, comprising:
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electrically coupling to the battery with electrical connectors; coupling a databus connector to an OBD connector of the vehicle which connects to a databus of the vehicle which carries information related to the vehicle; communicating with battery maintenance circuitry over a wireless communication between the databus connector and the battery maintenance circuitry; and performing maintenance on the battery through the electrical connectors and as a function of information received wirelessly from the databus connector coupled to the databus of the vehicle.
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63. A method of performing maintenance on a storage battery of a vehicle, comprising:
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electrically connecting to terminals of the storage battery of the vehicle; wirelessly communicating between the electrical connection to the terminals of the battery and battery maintenance circuitry; and performing maintenance on the battery with the battery maintenance circuitry through the electrical connection to the battery based upon data communicated wirelessly between the electrical connection to the terminals of the battery and the battery maintenance circuitry.
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64. A method of performing maintenance on a storage battery of a vehicle, comprising:
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sensing current flowing through a wire of an electrical system of the vehicle which couples to the storage battery with a current sensor; wirelessly communicating sensed current information related to the sensed current to battery maintenance circuitry; and performing maintenance on the battery using the battery maintenance circuitry as a function of the sensed current information received wirelessly from the current sensor.
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