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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Max K. Ralya, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tapan V. Patel, South Lyon, MI (US);
Benjamin J. Groelke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); G07C 11/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G08G 1/0969 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); G07C 11/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/017 (2013.01); G08G 1/0969 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); G07C 2011/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of determining a first transport attempting to access a bay with a charging station can utilize the charging station and has a higher priority than a second transport utilizing the charging station in the bay and notifying the second transport to cease utilizing the charging station and to vacate the bay after a time.