Alternator and starter tester with capacitive element
AssigneeService Solutions U.S. LLC
InventorsManokar Chinnadurai, Garrett Miller
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Abstract
A diagnostic system configured to test the performance of a vehicle component may include a processor configured to process test information from the vehicle component and control the vehicle component to be tested. The system may also include a memory configured to store the test information of the vehicle component and software that operates the vehicle component and a capacitive element configured to supply power to perform the testing of the vehicle component, wherein the memory and the capacitive element are in communication with the processor.
Claims20
A diagnostic system configured to testing a performance of a vehicle component, the diagnostic tool comprising:
- a processor configured to process test information from the vehicle component and control the vehicle component to be tested;
- a memory configured to store the test information of the vehicle component and software that operates the vehicle component;
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- a capacitive element configured to supply power to perform the testing of the vehicle component, wherein the memory and the capacitive element are in communication with the processor.
A method of testing of a vehicle component, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, via an input device, a selection of the vehicle component for the testing;
- identifying, via an interface module, information associated with the vehicle component;
- charging, via a charging module, a capacitive element based at least in part on information associated with the vehicle component in order to perform the testing of the vehicle component.
A diagnostic system for testing a performance of a vehicle component, comprising:
- an electrical connection for coupling the diagnostic tool to an external power source;
- a power supply circuitry for processing power received from the external power source;
- a test and control circuitry for controlling the testing of the vehicle component;
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- a capacitive element for receiving processed power from the power supply circuitry to power the testing of the vehicle component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.