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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Norman Lu, Fairview, TX (US);
Maximilian Parness, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Assignees:
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 2240/64 (2013.01); B60L 2240/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of providing, by a battery of a vehicle, energy to a location, departing, by the vehicle, when a condition at the location is above or below a threshold, receiving a charge at the battery of the vehicle, from a charging station until the condition is at the threshold, and returning, by the vehicle, to the location when the condition is at the threshold and a capacity of the battery is above a level.