The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Florian Auberger, Koesching, DE;
Samy Behrooz, Manching, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/35 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 2240/622 (2013.01); B60L 2240/625 (2013.01); B60L 2240/627 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an electric vehicle, in which an automatic unlocking function for a vehicle-side charging interface is activated if it is established on the basis of an ascertained position of the electric vehicle that the electric vehicle is arranged at a public charging column. The activated automatic unlocking function effectuates automatic unlocking of the charging interface as soon as a charging procedure of the electric vehicle is ended and thus a charging cable connected to the vehicle-side charging inter-face is released. The invention furthermore relates to a control device for an electric vehicle.