Featured Product Archive
The inventions and products featured on these pages were chosen either for their
uniqueness in the RF engineering realm, or are simply awesome (or ridiculous) enough
to warrant an appearance.
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12 Volt Battery Mobile Device Charger
Sitting in the waiting room in the local Jeep dealership*, waiting for the technicians
to do the annual inspection on the 2011 Patriot, I noticed a 12 volt car battery
sitting on a table. At first I assumed it was just a sales pitch for a new battery,
but then I noticed a bunch of small cables coming from its bottom edge. As you can
see in the photo I took of it, those cables are mobile device charging cords with
mating connectors for Apple, USB, and miniUSB ports. An Internet search did not
turn up any of these things, so maybe Mopar engineers came up with it. Times sure
have changed from when the only creature comfort accommodations in the waiting room
were dispensers for gumballs and stale peanuts.
* Gary Miller
Chrysler/Jeep, Erie, Pennsylvania
Posted June 18, 2018
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