1. A method comprising:
disabling a vehicle from moving while connection status of the vehicle with external charging infrastructure is unknown;
generating a message to advise a user to check the connection status; and
enabling the vehicle to move upon a user indication that the vehicle is disconnected from the charging infrastructure.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the message is generated in response to receiving a user request to move the vehicle while the vehicle is disabled.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
generating a message advising the user that the vehicle is considered to be connected with the charging infrastructure while the vehicle is disabled.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
maintaining disablement of the vehicle upon a user indication that the vehicle is connected with the charging infrastructure.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
maintaining disablement of the vehicle while a user indication regarding the connection status of the vehicle with the charging infrastructure is absent.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the message is generated via an instrument cluster of the vehicle.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the user indication is via a steering wheel control of the vehicle.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
detecting the connection status of the vehicle with the charging infrastructure.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
enabling the vehicle to move while the connection status as detected is known to be that the vehicle is disconnected from the charging infrastructure; and
disabling the vehicle from moving while the connection status as detected is known to be that the vehicle is connected with the charging infrastructure.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein:
the connection status of the vehicle with the charging infrastructure is detected as a function of electrical properties between the vehicle and the charging infrastructure.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein:
the electrical properties relate to pilot and proximity signals associated with the charging infrastructure.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the charging infrastructure includes a charge cord that is connectable to the vehicle;
wherein the vehicle and the charging infrastructure are connected when the charge cord is connected to the vehicle;
wherein the vehicle and the charging infrastructure are disconnected when the charge cord is disconnected from the vehicle.
13. A system comprising:
a controller configured to disable a vehicle from moving while connection status of the vehicle with external charging infrastructure is unknown, generate a message to advise a user to check the connection status, and enable the vehicle to move upon a user indication that the vehicle is disconnected from the charging infrastructure.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein:
the controller is further configured to maintain disablement of the vehicle upon a user indication that the vehicle is connected with the charging infrastructure and to maintain disablement of the vehicle while a user indication regarding the connection status of the vehicle with the charging infrastructure is absent.
15. The system of claim 13 wherein:
the controller is further configured to detect the connection status of the vehicle with the charging infrastructure.
16. The system claim 13 wherein:
the controller is further configured to enable the vehicle to move while the connection status as detected is known to be that the vehicle is disconnected from the charging infrastructure and to disable the vehicle from moving while the connection status as detected is known to be that the vehicle is connected with the charging infrastructure.
17. The system of claim 13 wherein:
the controller is further configured to detect the connection status of the vehicle with the charging infrastructure as a function of electrical properties between the vehicle and the charging infrastructure.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein:
the electrical properties relate to pilot and proximity signals associated with the charging infrastructure.
19. A method for a plug-in vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting the connection status between the vehicle and a charge cord;
enabling the vehicle to move while the detected connection status is clear that the cord is unplugged from the vehicle;
disabling the vehicle from moving while the detected connection status is clear that the cord is plugged into the vehicle;
while the detected connection status is unclear as to whether the cord is unplugged from or plugged into the vehicle, disabling the vehicle from moving, generating a message to advise a user to check the connection status, and enabling the vehicle to move upon a user indication that the cord is unplugged from the vehicle.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein:
the vehicle is one of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and a battery electric vehicle.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An inserter assembly for implanting a sensor subcutaneously into a patient, the assembly comprising:
a housing body having a first body end and a second body end;
a deployment button at least partially disposed in and slidable within the housing body through the first body end, the deployment button being movable between a first position and a second locked position;
a deployment mechanism slidably disposed within the deployment button and movable between a ready position, an insertion position, and a retracted position, the deployment mechanism having a needle;
a sensor deployment assembly disposed within the housing body and removably mated with the deployment mechanism, the sensor deployment assembly having a needle bore in which the needle is disposed when the deployment mechanism is in the ready position, and a sensor partially disposed within the needle bore, wherein the deployment mechanism, the needle, and the sensor define a deployment axis, the sensor having an electrical contact portion wherein the electrical contact portion extends transversely away from the deployment axis; and
a sensor housing disposed at and removably retained by the second body end of the housing body, the sensor housing having a bottom surface and defining a sensor opening therethrough that is aligned with the deployment axis,
wherein movement of the deployment button from the first position to the second locked position causes the sensor to be implanted subcutaneously into the patient along the deployment axis, the needle of the deployment mechanism to retract to the retracted position, the sensor deployment assembly to be fixed within the sensor housing, and the housing body, the deployment button and the deployment mechanism to release from the sensor housing.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor deployment assembly comprises:
a sensor deployment body with a sensor deployment locking mechanism configured to engage the sensor housing when the button is moved to the second locked position, thereby locking the sensor deployment assembly with the sensor housing;
a sensor deployment guide attached to the sensor deployment body and positioned to abut the sensor housing to stop travel of the deployment assembly when the deployment button is moved to the second locked position;
a sensor carrier attached to the sensor deployment guide and securing the sensor, the sensor carrier having a board-receiving face on a top sensor carrier surface and extending transversely to the deployment axis; and
a sensor board mated with the board-receiving face and having a plurality of electronic coupling pads positioned for being electrically coupled to measuring electronics, wherein the sensor extends through the sensor bore and along the sensor board with the electrical contact portion of the sensor electrically coupled to the plurality of electronic coupling pads.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the deployment axis is substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the sensor housing.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the sensor housing is configured to contact the patient during implantation of the sensor.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor implanted subcutaneously in the patient has a working electrode of an electrode system on the sensor extending into the patient by about 4 mm to about 7 mm.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor implanted subcutaneously in the patient has a working electrode of an electrode system on the sensor extending into the patient by about 2 mm to about 10 mm.
7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sensor deployment locking mechanism comprises one or more resilient deployment catch on the sensor deployment assembly biased to engage a deployment catch surface on the sensor housing.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a resilient button catch on one of the housing body or the sensor housing, the button catch biased to engage a button catch surface on the other of the housing body or the sensor housing when the deployment button is in the second locked position;
a resilient needle-carrier catch on one of the deployment button or the needle carrier, the needle-carrier catch biased to disengage a second catch surface on the other of the deployment button or the needle carrier when the deployment button is moved to the second locked position; and
a resilient housing catch on one of the housing body or the sensor housing, the housing catch biased to disengage a housing catch surface on the other of the housing body or the sensor housing when the button is moved to the second locked position.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the movement of the deployment button from the first position to the second locked position is a single movement causing substantially at the same time the sensor to be implanted subcutaneously into the patient along the deployment axis, the needle of the deployment mechanism to retract to the retracted position, the sensor deployment assembly to be fixed within the sensor housing, and the housing body, the deployment button and the deployment mechanism to release from the sensor housing.