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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:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Applicant:
The Trustees of Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Yaobin Chen, Carmel, IN (US);
Euzeli C. Dos Santos, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Clayton Lowell Nicholas, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); H02J 50/05 (2016.01); B60D 1/01 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0295 (2013.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); H02J 50/05 (2016.02); B60D 1/01 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02);
Abstract
A caravanning vehicle system includes a lead vehicle having an engine and at least one trailing vehicle having an electric motor. The at least one trailing vehicle is non-mechanically connected to the lead vehicle. The lead vehicle includes a power transfer system that is configured to transfer electric power, wirelessly, to the at least one trailing vehicle.