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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.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Martin Krucinski, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Gregory A. Cole, West Hartford, CT (US);
Harshang Shah, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/30 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charge head is connected to a charge inlet of an electric vehicle to supply an electric charge to recharge the battery of the vehicle. The charge head is attached to a connecting device that moves the charge head to the charge inlet. A sensor is provided to sense the locations of the tires of the vehicle. The system then uses the relative location of the charge inlet to the tires to determine the location of the charge inlet in order to move the charge head.