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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:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ryan Michael Gross, Normal, IL (US);

Matthew S. Megyese, Bloomington, IL (US);

Joseph P. Harr, Bloomington, IL (US);

Scott Thomas Christensen, Salem, OR (US);

Vicki King, Bloomington, IL (US);

Shawn Renee Harbaugh, Normal, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 58/16 (2019.02); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 60/0023 (2020.02); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60W 2510/08 (2013.01); B60W 2510/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method of monitoring one or more batteries of an electric vehicle (EV) includes (i) detecting an indication of a battery failure event for an electric vehicle; (ii) determining a response to the battery failure event based upon the indication; (iii) determining, based upon the battery failure event, an assistance location for the electric vehicle; (iv) generating a route from a location of an autonomous vehicle to the assistance location for the electric vehicle; and (v) transmitting a command to the autonomous vehicle to drive to the assistance location for the electric vehicle, wherein the command includes the response to the battery failure event and the route from the location of the autonomous vehicle to the assistance location.


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