# US 11,440,435 B2 · Multiple transport charging sources > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,435 B2 - Document ID: US11440435B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/943,786 - Filed: 2020-07-30 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30 - Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - Inventors: Norman Lu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440435B2 ## CPC - B60L 58/20: having different nominal voltages - B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer - B60L 53/14: Conductive energy transfer - B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment} - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging} - H02J 7/42: with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones - H02J 7/82: Control of state of charge [SOC] - H02J 50/80: involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices - H02J 50/90: involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment - B60L 2240/80: Time limits - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y04S 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract An example operation includes one or more of receiving a first energy, at a target transport, from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, and the target transport and the charging station are physically connected, and receiving a second energy, at the target transport, from a providing transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, and the target transport and the providing transport are wirelessly connected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving a first energy, at a target transport, from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, wherein the target transport and the charging station are physically connected; determining, by the target transport, a threshold amount of time for the first energy to be received; when the threshold amount of time has been exceeded, moving one or more of the target transport and a providing transport proximate to one another; and receiving a second energy, at the target transport, from the providing transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, wherein the target transport and the providing transport e wirelessly connected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the second energy is performed when the target transport s awaiting use of the charging station. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the first energy and second energy are performed simultaneously. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, by the target transport, the second energy further comprises receiving the second energy from one or more other providing transports prior to receiving the first energy to ensure an energy capacity requirement is fulfilled in a time less than the first amount of time and the second amount of time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising receiving, by the target transport, a validation of the received energy from at least one component, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between a peer group consisting of the target transport and the at least one component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, comprising executing a smart contract, by the target transport, to record the validation and the at least one component on a blockchain based on the blockchain consensus. ### Claim 7 A system; comprising: a target transport configured to receive a first energy from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, wherein the target transport and the charging station are physically connected; and wherein the target transport comprises a processor configured to determine a threshold amount of time for the first energy to be received, and when the threshold amount of time has been exceeded, move one or more of the target transport and a providing transport proximate to one another; and the providing transport configured to provide a second energy to the target transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, wherein the target transport and the providing transport are wirelessly connected. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the target transport receives the second energy when the target transport awaits use of the charging station. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the target transport receives the first energy and the second energy simultaneously. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the target transport receives the second energy from one or more other providing transports prior to the first energy received to ensure an energy capacity requirement is fulfilled in a time less than the first amount of time and the second amount of time. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the target transport receives a validation of the received energy from at least one component, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between a peer group that consists of the target transport and the at least one component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the target transport executes a smart contract to record the validation and the at least one component on a blockchain based on the blockchain consensus. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform: receiving a first energy, at a target transport, from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, wherein the target transport and the charging station are physically connected; determining, by the target transport, a threshold amount of time for the first energy to be received; when the threshold amount of time has been exceeded, moving one or more of the target transport and a providing transport proximate to one another; and receiving a second energy, at the target transport, from the providing transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, wherein the target transport and the providing transport are wirelessly connected. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the receiving the second energy is performed when the target transport awaiting use of the charging station. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the receiving the first energy and the second energy are performed simultaneously. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the receiving, by the target transport, the second energy further comprises receiving the second energy from one or more other providing transports prior to receiving the first energy to ensure an energy capacity requirement is fulfilled in a time less than the first amount of time and the second amount of time. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: receiving, by the target transport, a validation of the received energy from at least one component, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between a peer group consisting of the target transport and the at least one component.