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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.:

US 11135938 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2019

Energy management

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takero Arima, Torrance, CA (US);

James Marion Cournyer, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Robert Uyeki, Torrance, CA (US);

Geoffrey Woo Honda, Torrance, CA (US);

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Rankin Hill & Clark LLP

Primary Examiner:

Vuthe Siek

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/22 (2019.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); B60L 58/00 (2019.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); B60S 5/06 (2019.01); G01S 19/51 (2010.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B60L 58/22 (2019.02); B60S 5/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06Q 20/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0215 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 58/00 (2019.02); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect, energy management or battery pack distribution may be achieved by receiving a location associated with a portable battery dispensing vehicle which carries or stocks modular battery replacement packs for electric vehicles, determining a location of a mobile device associated with the system for energy management, displaying the location associated with the portable battery dispensing vehicle and the location associated with the mobile device, receiving a request associated with a purchase of one of the modular battery replacement packs carried by the portable battery dispensing vehicle, and generating an instruction to credit an associated account with a virtual energy credit based on the request associated with the purchase of one or more of the modular battery replacement packs.

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