Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inductive charger alignment systems for vehicles
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Application No.: US15079825Application Date: 2016-03-24
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Publication No.: US10011182B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , Christopher A. Danowski , Paul Kenneth Dellock , Pietro Buttolo
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Jason Rogers
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18

Abstract:
An inductive charger alignment system for a vehicle that includes: a plurality of on-board inductive receiving coils adapted to charge an on-board power source; an alignment controller coupled to the coils; an on-board signal element, e.g., a pair of headlamps, coupled to the controller; and an off-board inductive transmitter coil. Further, the controller is configured to direct the element to communicate an alignment between the receiving coils and the transmitter coil to an on-board driver. The alignment may include vehicle forward and side-to-side alignment between the receiving coils and the off-board transmitter coil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170274787A1 INDUCTIVE CHARGER ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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