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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:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

May. 17, 2024
Applicant:

Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer Kay Light-Holets, Greenwood, IN (US);

Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Columbus, IN (US);

Assignee:

Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0677 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2754/00 (2020.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract

The system disclosed herein is for communication between a first electric vehicle and a second electric vehicle following the first electric vehicle on a route. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to a battery associated with the second electric vehicle. The controller is configured to acquire a set of operating parameters associated with the first electric vehicle from the first electric vehicle and generate an adjustment command configured to adjust a component operating parameter of at least one component of the second electric vehicle based on the set of operating parameters. The set of operating parameters includes charge station data indicating whether a charge station along the route is unavailable for use.


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