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Patent No.:

US 9931954 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2014

Vertical wireless power transfer system for charging electric vehicles

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Venkateswa Anand Sankaran, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

John Paul Gibeau, Canton, MI (US);

James A. Lathrop, Saline, MI (US);

Christopher W. Bell, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

David Kelley

Brooks Kushman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Angela Y Ortiz

Assistant Examiner:

Michael A Berns

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1831 (2013.01); B60L 11/182 (2013.01); B60L 11/1829 (2013.01); B60L 11/1833 (2013.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/122 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/168 (2013.01); Y04S 30/12 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract

A park assist system may, in response to receiving a signal indicating that a remote inductive charge source is within a vicinity of a vehicle, transition from a park assist mode to a wireless charging mode. During the wireless charging mode, the park assist system generates instructions to assist a driver in positioning the vehicle relative to the inductive charge source.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sankaran, Venkateswa. (2018). Vertical wireless power transfer system for charging electric vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 9931954). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9931954

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