US Patent Issued to Vitesco Technologies USA on Aug. 11 for "Three-dimensional shock detection using knock sensor and tuning fork" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,522, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies USA LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Three-dimensional shock detection using knock sensor and tuning fork" was invented by Mandeep Rathee (Troy, Mich.) and Thierry Morales (Garidech, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock detection system for the battery pack of an electric vehicle, where the shock detection system uses at least one passive sensor, such as a knock sensor, for vibration detection. This sensor has large design freedom on the battery pack, either inside or outside, and is connected to the system for data treatment and data analysis. In addition to the knock ...