Vehicle charging system
OwnerArnold Chaseinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle charging system for allowing an electric vehicle to automatically recognize the presence of, and communicate to properly equipped public or private wireless electric vehicle charging station(s) in order to automatically effectuate a partial or complete charging sequence at available opportunities in order to attain a fully charged power pack at all or most times. The vehicle charging system being configured to optimize the charging session with virtually any type of electric vehicle capable of wireless charging.
Claims30
A system for charging a vehicle having a receiving induction coil, the system comprising:
- a base unit;
- a system controller arranged in the base unit;
- a charging inductive coil operably coupled to the system controller;
- wherein the system controller is responsive to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicating at least a physical characteristic of the vehicle, the physical characteristic including at least a distance between a bottom surface of the receiving inductive coil and a top surface of the charging inductive coil;
- and
- causing the movement of a magnetic field generated by one of the charging inductive coil or the receiving coil relative to the other of the charging inductive coil or receiving coil based on the signal.
A system for charging a vehicle having a receiving induction coil, the system comprising:
- a base unit;
- a system controller arranged within the base unit;
- a common power bus operably coupled to the system controller;
- a plurality of charging inductive coils operatively connected to the common power bus and the system controller;
- wherein the system controller is responsive to perform a method comprising:
- causing each of the plurality of charging inductive coils to periodically or continuously emit pulses of energy;
- monitoring each of the of the plurality of charging induction coils for outward energy flow;
- determining a vehicle is within charging range of a first charging induction coil of the plurality of charging inductive coils based at least in part on an outward energy flow from the first charging induction coil;
- and
- initiating a charging session between the first charging induction coil and the receiving induction coil in response to determining the vehicle is within range.
A system for charging a vehicle having a receiving induction coil, the system comprising:
- a system controller;
- a charging inductive coil having a plurality of individual segments, the individual segments configured to form a plurality of different virtual charging inductive coil patterns;
- wherein the system controller is responsive to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicating an identity of the vehicle, the identity including a year, make or model of the vehicle;
- and
- operating the charging inductive coil to selectively form a particular virtual charging inductive coil pattern of the plurality of different virtual charging inductive coil patterns based at least in part on the identity of the vehicle.
A system for charging a vehicle having a receiving induction coil, the system comprising:
- a system controller;
- a charging inductive coil operably coupled to the system controller;
- wherein the system controller is responsive to perform a method comprising:
- causing of the charging inductive coil to periodically or continuously emit pulses of energy;
- monitoring the charging induction coil for outward energy flow based on the periodically or continuously emit pulses of energy;
- determining a vehicle is within charging range of the charging induction coil based at least in part on an outward energy flow from the charging induction coil;
- and
- initiating a charging session between the charging induction coil and the receiving induction coil in response to determining the vehicle is within range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.