Inter electric vehicle charge transfer
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorOleg Pogorelik
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Abstract
Herein is disclosed a vehicle-to-vehicle charge transfer system, comprising a charging cable, configured to connect a first electric vehicle to a second electric vehicle; and a donation control unit, configured to receive one or more vehicle charge transfer parameters from the second vehicle; and transfer an electric charge from the first electric vehicle to the second electric vehicle along the charging cable according to the one or more received vehicle charge transfer parameters.
Claims20
A vehicle-to-vehicle charge transfer system, comprising:
- a charging cable, configured to connect a first electric vehicle to a second electric vehicle;
- and
- a donation control unit, configured to
- receive one or more vehicle charge transfer parameters from the second vehicle via the charging cable;
- and
- transfer an electric charge in a vehicle-to-vehicle manner from the first electric vehicle to the second electric vehicle along the charging cable according to the one or more received vehicle charge transfer parameters;
- wherein the vehicle charge transfer parameters comprise a maximum supported voltage of the second vehicle;
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- wherein the donation control unit is further configured to adapt a voltage of its electric charge to transfer the electric charge in the vehicle-to-vehicle manner from the first electric vehicle to the second electric vehicle at the maximum supported output voltage.
A method of vehicle-to-vehicle electric charge transfer comprising:
- connecting a first electric vehicle to a second electric vehicle via a charging cable;
- receiving from the second vehicle one or more vehicle charge transfer parameters via the charging cable, wherein the one or more vehicle charge transfer parameters comprise a maximum supported voltage of the second vehicle;
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- adapting the electric charge to satisfy the maximum supported voltage of the second vehicle by adapting its output voltage to the maximum supported output voltage;
- transferring an electric charge in a vehicle-to-vehicle manner from the first electric vehicle to the second electric vehicle along the charging cable according to the maximum supported output voltage.
A donation control unit, comprising one or more processors configured to:
- receive one or more vehicle charge transfer parameters from a second electric vehicle via a charging cable connected to the second electric vehicle;
- and
- transfer an electric charge in a vehicle-to-vehicle manner from a first electric vehicle to the second electric vehicle according to the one or more received vehicle charge transfer parameters;
- wherein the charge is transferred via a charging cable that connects the first electric vehicle to the second electric vehicle wherein one or more processors are further configured to receive a communication signal from the second vehicle representing the vehicle charge transfer parameters via the charging cable;
- wherein the vehicle charge transfer parameters comprise a maximum supported voltage of the second vehicle;
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- wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control a voltage adapter to adapt a voltage to transfer the electric charge in the vehicle-to-vehicle manner from the first electric vehicle to the second electric vehicle at the maximum supported output voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.