Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge coil positioning and data encoding magnet arrays for vehicle charging
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Application No.: US15648497Application Date: 2017-07-13
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Publication No.: US10406929B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Christopher W. Bell
- 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: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; B60L11/18 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J50/10 ; H02J50/80 ; B60L53/12 ; B60L53/39

Abstract:
A charging facility includes a primary coil, magnets arranged relative to the primary coil in a pattern such that fields generated by the magnets can be used to position a vehicle relative to the primary coil, and a controller. Some of the magnets have a predefined polarity signature encoding data regarding an identify of the primary coil. The controller is programmed to receive information from or provide information to the vehicle about the predefined polarity signature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190016227A1 CHARGE COIL POSITIONING AND DATA ENCODING MAGNET ARRAYS FOR VEHICLE CHARGING Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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