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US 2024/0190244 A1Published application
Systems and methods for aligning vehicle charging mechanisms with infrastructure
AssigneeProterra Operating Company, Inc.
InventorsRoger INNES, Michael BOGGESS, Pranav TULPULE
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Abstract
A method of charging an electric vehicle including: sensing a relative location of a charging head of the electric vehicle with respect to a charging connection of a charging station using one or more sensors; generating relative location information related to the relative location; and displaying information related to the relative location information on a display of the electric vehicle.
Claims20
A method of charging an electric vehicle comprising:
- sensing a relative location of a charging head of the electric vehicle with respect to a charging connection of a charging station using one or more sensors;
- generating relative location information related to the relative location;
- and
- displaying information related to the relative location information on a display of the electric vehicle.
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A system for charging an electric vehicle, comprising:
- an electric vehicle comprising an electrical system and a rooftop mounted charging head configured to electrically couple with a charging connection of a charging station that comprises an overhead charging arm to charge the electrical system;
- one or more sensors;
- a display;
- and
- a computing system in communication with the vehicle, the computing system comprising a controller that is operatively coupled to one or more of the one or more sensors and the display, comprising one or more executable instructions that, when executed, cause the system to:
- sense a relative location of the charging head with respect to the charging connection using one or more of the one or more sensors;
- generate relative location information related to the relative location;
- and
- display information related to the relative location information.
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An electric vehicle, comprising:
- an electrical system;
- a mounted charging head for receiving an overhead charging connection of a charging arm to charge one or more batteries of the electrical system;
- one or more sensors configured to sense a relative location of the charging head with respect to the charging connection;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- capture relative location data from the one or more sensors indicative of a relative location of the electric vehicle charging head with respect to the charging connection;
- and
- present information related to the relative location data to an operator of the electric vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.