Integrated vehicle charging panel system and method of use
AssigneeNIO USA, Inc.
InventorChristopher P. Ricci
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Abstract
A system for vehicle charging comprising: an electrical storage unit disposed on a charge receiving vehicle; at least one integrated charging panel in electrical communication with the electrical storage unit, the at least one integrated charging panel configured to receive a charge at a charging site; a charge receiving vehicle controller configured to communicate with the charging site to determine a compatibility of the at least one integrated charging panel to receive charging from the charging site; wherein the at least one integrated charging panel receives a charge from the charging site wherein the charge receiving vehicle is charged.
Claims20
A system for vehicle charging, the system comprising:
- an electrical storage unit disposed on a charge receiving vehicle;
- at least one integrated charging panel in electrical communication with the electrical storage unit, wherein the at least one integrated charging panel is configured to receive a charge at a charging site, wherein the at least one integrated charging panel is configured to operate in a plurality of states including a retracted state and a deployed state, and wherein the at least one integrated charging panel conforms to an exterior surface shape of the charge receiving vehicle when in the retracted state;
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- a charge receiving vehicle controller configured to communicate with the charging site to determine a compatibility of the at least one integrated charging panel to receive charging the charge from the charging site.
A method for charging a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by a microprocessor, if charging of an electrical storage unit of a charge receiving vehicle is desired;
- communicating with a charging site to determine a compatibility of at least one integrated charging panel of the charge receiving vehicle to receive charge from the charging site;
- determining, by the microprocessor, a compatible charging configuration between the charge receiving vehicle and the charging site to enable charging of the charge receiving vehicle;
- deploying, by the microprocessor, the at least one integrated charging panel of the charge receiving vehicle to receive the charge from the charging site, wherein the at least one integrated charging panel of the charge receiving vehicle is in electrical communication with the electrical storage unit of the charge receiving vehicle;
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- retracting the at least one integrated charging panel of the charge receiving vehicle to a retracted state, wherein the at least one integrated charging panel conforms to an exterior surface shape of the charge receiving vehicle when in the retracted state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.