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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Leo Joseph Rosene, La Mesa, CA (US);

Ameen Al-Khafaji, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Courtney L'Arrivée, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Ian Kenneth McEachern, Allen Park, MI (US);

Benjamin Schoenleber, Southfield, MI (US);

Scott Scheraga, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01); G05F 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 50/50 (2019.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 50/50 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes one or more controllers, programmed to responsive to receiving an indication of a destination, select a charger within a predefined geofence from the destination; responsive to detecting the vehicle becoming less than a predefined distance from the charger, calculate a proposed charging schedule based on a current state-of-charge (SOC) and a desired SOC; and join a queue for the charger with the proposed charging schedule.


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