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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); B60L 53/37 (2019.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1827 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/35 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 2007/0096 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary charger positioning method includes, among other things, positioning a charging plug of a conductive charger relative to a charge port of a vehicle based on a wireless transmission between the conductive charger and the vehicle. An exemplary charger assembly includes a transmitter system associated with one of a vehicle or a conductive charger, a receiver system associated with the other of the vehicle or the conductive charger, and an actuator that moves a charging plug of the conductive charger to a charging position in response to a transmission from the transmitter system.