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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
Renu Robotics Corp., San Antonio, TX (US);
John Henry Gold, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael Odell Blanton, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Tim Alan Matus, San Antonio, TX (US);
RENU ROBOTICS CORP., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is autonomous vehicle charging station featuring self-cleaning contact points, power flow safety features, and electrical connection testing (meeting minimum performance thresholds) for safe and efficient power transfer from the charging station to the autonomous vehicle. After docking, power line modem (PLM) communications are established between the autonomous vehicle and the charging station via an electrical power connection resulting from the docking act as an initial test of connectivity, and then the electrical power connection is determined to be safe with non-lethal power flow before charging the autonomous vehicle.