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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Cynthia M. Neubecker, Westland, MI (US);
Brad Alan Ignaczak, Canton, MI (US);
Somak Datta Gupta, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03197 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03342 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that includes a vehicle fuel-receiver comprising a port located on a vehicle surface; and an onboard computer programmed to: send a fuel delivery request to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); actuate the port to permit the UAV to deliver fuel; and instruct a communication module to transmit a beacon signal to the UAV.