Patent ID: 8976016
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B60L,G01R,H02J,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. An alarm system for a vehicle charge cord, the alarm system having an armed state and a disarmed state, comprising: a battery having state of charge (“SOC”), wherein the battery is rechargeable to a predetermined level of charge; a charge cord sensor configured to detect if the vehicle charge cord is connected to or disconnected from a vehicle; a battery state estimator (“BSE”) module configured to monitor the SOC of the rechargeable battery and determine if the battery is charged to the predetermined level of charge; and an interface module in communication with the charge cord sensor and the BSE module, the interface module configured to switch the alarm system from the armed state to the disarmed state if the battery is at the predetermined level of charge and if the vehicle charge cord is connected to the vehicle.