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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas Joseph Hermann, Troy, MI (US);
Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/39 (2019.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/39 (2019.02); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); G01S 13/885 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2260/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless charging system for a vehicle is described, as well as methods of using the system. The system may include a computer programmed with instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor, and a radar device controlled by the computer. One method includes: aligning a reception coil on a vehicle with a charging coil using ground penetrating radar data; and then receiving inductive charge at the reception coil.