Mobile transport for extracting and depositing energy
AssigneeToyot Motor North America, Inc.
InventorNorman Lu
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of maneuvering, by a Mobile Energy Storage Unit (MESU), to a transport that is stationary for an amount of time, that is not currently being charged, that is at a distance between the transport and the MESU and that is within a timeframe for the MESU to reach the transport, and retrieving, by MESU, a minimum amount of energy from the transport.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- maneuvering, by a Mobile Energy Storage Unit (MESU), to a transport that is:
- identified as available to transfer energy to the MESU based on the transport being stationary for a threshold amount of time, not currently being charged, at a distance between the transport and the MESU, and within a timeframe for the MESU to reach the transport;
- and retrieving, by the mobile energy storage unit, a minimum amount of energy from the transport.
A Mobile Energy Storage Unit (MESU), comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- maneuver the MESU to a transport that is:
- identified as available to transfer energy to the MESU based on the transport being stationary for a threshold amount of time, not currently in a state of charge, at a distance between the transport and the MESU, and within a timeframe for the MESU to reach the transport;
- and retrieve a minimum amount of energy from the transport.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed by a processor of a Mobile Energy Storage Unit (MESU) cause the MESU to perform:
- maneuvering, by a Mobile Energy Storage Unit (MESU), to a transport that is:
- identified as available to transfer energy to the MESU based on the transport being stationary for a threshold amount of time, not currently being charged, that is at a distance between the transport and the MESU, and that is within a timeframe for the MESU to reach the transport;
- and retrieving, by the mobile energy storage unit, a minimum amount of energy from the transport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.