ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,562, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cox Automotive Inc. (Atlanta).
"Method and apparatus for determining the status of a contactor" was invented by Connor Benjamin Taylor (Norman, Okla.) and David Keith Howland (Yukon, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for determining a status of a contactor is provided. An excitation signal is generated. The excitation signal is propagated towards a contactor. A a peak value of a resulting signal resulting from a reflected signal reflected from the contactor and the excitation signal is detected. The peak value is compared with a predetermined value. The contactor is determi...