Patent ID: 9102285
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60L,B60R,B60T,G05B,H01H,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for housing electronics in a fuse housing for use with a vehicle, the fuse housing having first and second electrical connectors, which extend outwardly from the housing, carry power and data, and which are inserted into a fuse box in the vehicle, the method comprising: providing a set of electronic components inside the fuse housing and which are electrically coupled to the first and second electrical connectors that comprise a vehicle bus, the electronic components of the provided set comprising: a control module; a wireless communications module coupled to the control module and having an antenna; an RF tag module coupled to the control module; a power conditioning module coupled to the control module and to the vehicle bus and providing clean power to components in the fuse housing; and a communications interface module coupled to both the vehicle bus and the control module, the electronic components selectively allowing and disallowing the flow of current through the first and second connectors, responsive to “on” and “off” commands received by the wireless communications module inside the fuse housing and that are received from a wireless controller that is external to the fuse housing and external to the vehicle; connecting the first and second electrical connectors to the vehicle bus, which extends through the vehicle, said vehicle bus being operatively coupled to the wireless controller that is external to the vehicle.