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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Katherine Howard-Cone, Plymouth, MI (US);

Justin Carmen Campanaro, Ferndale, MI (US);

Farshad Harirchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Devang Bhalchandra Dave, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 2240/70 (2013.01); Y04S 30/12 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a controller that sends a charge request defining a charge location to a charge donor vehicle for vehicle-to-vehicle charging, responsive to not detecting a charge cable that satisfies the charge request in the vehicle and the charge donor vehicle, sends a borrow request including the charge location to a charge cable donor vehicle, and responsive to confirmation from the charge donor vehicle and charge cable donor vehicle, directs the vehicle to drive to the charge location.


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