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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
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:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
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.