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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Björn Elias, Hepberg, DE;
Reinhard Peer, Gaimersheim, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/042 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/38 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/042 (2013.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/30 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/38 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); G01B 7/003 (2013.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7094 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/122 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging station for motor vehicles, including a primary coil for inductive transmission of energy to a battery of a motor vehicle and a metal detector. The metal detector is designed to detect a motor vehicle arranged above a charging station surface of the charging station. The charging station is provided with a transmitting device which is designed to transmit an occupancy signal if it is detected by the metal detector that a motor vehicle is arranged above the charging station surface.