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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jason C. Marcath, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Paul Roberts, Livonia, MI (US);
Leslie James Lindeman, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/10 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); B60R 9/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/007 (2013.01); B64F 1/10 (2013.01); B60R 9/00 (2013.01); B64F 1/222 (2013.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01);
Abstract
A delivery system includes a processor programmed to construct a route so as to include predefined segments traveled by carriers configured to taxi the vehicle and charge a battery thereof such that a state of charge of the battery remains above a target for a duration of the route, and forward the route to the vehicle.