US 12,230,461 B2
Vehicle having magnetic coupler and wakeup switch and methods of use thereof
Lingmin Shao, London (CA)
Assigned to KSR IP Holdings, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by KSR IP Holdings, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,605.
Application 18/233,605 is a continuation of application No. 17/896,253, filed on Aug. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,769,644.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,861, filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0386772 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H01H 36/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04)
CPC H01H 36/00 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); G05G 1/38 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
an electronic control unit configured to change between a powered off state and a powered on state at predetermined intervals;
a member configured to move between a plurality of positions,
a target configured to move with the movement of the member, the target changes a magnetic field strength; and
a device configured to generate a signal when the magnetic field strength change caused by movement of the target exceeds a predetermined threshold,
wherein the signal is transmitted from the device to the electronic control unit to change the electronic control unit from the powered off state to the powered on state.