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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Christopher W. Bell, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/39 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1831 (2013.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/39 (2019.02); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 2007/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging facility includes a primary coil, magnets arranged relative to the primary coil in a pattern such that fields generated by the magnets can be used to position a vehicle relative to the primary coil, and a controller. Some of the magnets have a predefined polarity signature encoding data regarding an identify of the primary coil. The controller is programmed to receive information from or provide information to the vehicle about the predefined polarity signature.