Invention Grant
US08371405B2 Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
有权
自动寻找插电式混合动力电动汽车的电气连接
- Patent Title: Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 自动寻找插电式混合动力电动汽车的电气连接
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Application No.: US13268286Application Date: 2011-10-07
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Publication No.: US08371405B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Walter Joseph Ortmann , Brandon R. Masterson , Marvin Paul Kraska , Daniel Scott Colvin , Steve Reeves, IV
- Applicant: Walter Joseph Ortmann , Brandon R. Masterson , Marvin Paul Kraska , Daniel Scott Colvin , Steve Reeves, IV
- 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: G01C22/00
- IPC: G01C22/00
Abstract:
An auto-seek operating mode for an electric vehicle adjusts the vehicle in a direction transverse to a vehicle central axis using a vehicle power steering system and using a motor and a battery to advance the vehicle toward a target connector for a utility power grid for charging the battery. If needed, vertical vehicle position adjustments are made using a controllable vehicle suspension system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120029750A1 AUTO-SEEK ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FOR A PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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