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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2022
Applicant:

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Williams, Congerville, IL (US);

Joseph Robert Brannan, Bloomington, IL (US);

John Donovan, Bloomington, IL (US);

Brian N. Harvey, Bloomington, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/14 (2019.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01); B62D 65/04 (2006.01); B62D 65/14 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00256 (2020.02); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60L 58/14 (2019.02); B62D 63/025 (2013.01); B62D 65/04 (2013.01); B62D 65/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 2200/28 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02);
Abstract

Methods and systems for power transfer and routing in a compartmentalized electric vehicle (EV) having detachable compartments, and for handing off a load from one EV to another EV for delivering the load to a destination are described herein. Each detachable compartment in the compartmentalized EV may have a separate power supply, motor, set of wheels, and/or autonomous operation features. The detachable compartments may attach to each other, such that each of the detachable compartments combine to form a compartmentalized EV that travels to a particular location.


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