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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
James Baumbick, Northville, MI (US);
Ryan J. O'Gorman, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Katherine Howard-Cone, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Peter Phung, Windsor, CA;
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for coordinating and executing in-flight energy transfer events between vehicles. Energy may be transferred from a towing or leading vehicle to a towed or trailing vehicle, from the trailing vehicle to the leading vehicle, or both during the in-flight energy transfer events. The proposed systems may further be configured to coordinate the terms and conditions of a service agreement between the leading and trailing vehicles, coordinate the publication of a service experience rating from a user of the leading and/or trailing vehicle, and/or coordinate the termination of the in-flight charging event by either user.