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公开(公告)号：US12233727B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-25
申请号：US17697348
申请日：2022-03-17
Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.
Inventor： Francisco Garcia-Ferre , Adam Michalik , Artur Zawadzki , Clemens Van-der-Veer
Abstract: A charging connector for a vehicle charging station comprises a latch configured to secure a mechanical connection of the charging connector to a vehicle-side socket, the charging connector further comprising a sensor configured to indicate a secure and correct mechanical connection. The charging connector further comprises a first casing being an external casing, and a second casing, the second casing being a closed inner casing. The second casing encloses a charging connector interface to the vehicle socket, and a charging cable. The sensor is arranged outside the second casing.
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公开(公告)号：US20250050771A1
公开(公告)日：2025-02-13
申请号：US18815772
申请日：2024-08-26
Applicant: EVJAM LLC
Inventor： Steven DICKE , Gregg KROMREY
IPC: B60L53/37
Abstract: One or more examples provide an electric vehicle charging system with a charging marker. The charging marker aids in locating an electric vehicle charging port for autonomous and hands free charging of the electric vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20250026220A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-23
申请号：US18354806
申请日：2023-07-19
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor： Derek HUNTER , Sheryl BOLLER , Mary GILLIAM , Maryssa Lynn WEIR , Frank VU , Xiang ZHAO , Dalong GAO
Abstract: A charging system includes a mobile charging apparatus having a charging plug configured to connect to a charging port of a vehicle for charging a battery in the vehicle, and a control module in communication with the mobile charging apparatus. The control module configured to receive a charging request signal from a vehicle control module of the vehicle or a user device, in response to receiving the charging request signal, determine a location of the charging port of the vehicle, and control the mobile charging apparatus to move adjacent to the charging port of the vehicle based on the determined location of the charging port. Other examples charging systems and methods of controlling mobile charging apparatuses are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US12122451B2
公开(公告)日：2024-10-22
申请号：US17521047
申请日：2021-11-08
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventor： Stuart C. Salter , Ryan O'Gorman , Lorne M. Forsythe , Darrel A. Recker , Peter Phung , John R. Van Wiemeersch
CPC classification number: B62D15/0285 , B25J9/1679 , B60K35/00 , B60L53/37 , B60L53/66 , B62D13/06 , H04W4/40 , B60K35/80 , B60K2360/55 , B60L2200/28
Abstract: A driver assistance system aids a driver in charging one or more trailer-mounted batteries in a trailer being towed by an electrified passenger vehicle. Many existing charging facilities for electric vehicles have charging stalls with a layout configured to accommodate single vehicles. Charging facilities having drive-through or elongated charging stalls able to accommodate larger vehicles which are towing an electrified trailer are much scarcer. When attempting to charge a trailer-mounted battery in a charging stall meant for a single vehicle, it may be necessary to unhitch (i.e., decouple) the trailer while in the charging stall so that the passenger vehicle does not block the aisles of a charging station. Sensors in the vehicle perform a sensor sweep of a selected charging stall, and after unhitching, the trailer uses an independent drive system to park itself in the selected charging stall using driving commands which are calculated from the sensor sweep.
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公开(公告)号：US12115873B2
公开(公告)日：2024-10-15
申请号：US17698352
申请日：2022-03-18
Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY , KIA CORPORATION
Inventor： Min Kyu Lee , Byung Ho Yoon
CPC classification number: B60L53/37 , B25J9/163 , B25J9/1687 , B25J9/1697 , B25J13/08 , B60L53/16 , G06N3/08 , G06T7/73 , G05B2219/40269 , G06T2207/10024 , G06T2207/10028 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/20084
Abstract: The present disclosure provides is a method and device for accurately estimating a pose of a charging socket of an electric vehicle regardless of a shape of the charging socket, so that an electric vehicle charging robot may precisely move a charging connector toward the charging socket of the electric vehicle and couple the charging connector to the charging socket. According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, a method of estimating the pose of the charging socket of an electric vehicle includes: acquiring an RGB image and a depth map of the charging socket; detecting a keypoint of the charging socket based on the RGB image; deriving a first estimated pose of the charging socket based on the depth map; and deriving a second estimated pose of the charging socket based on the keypoint of the charging socket and the first estimated pose.
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公开(公告)号：US20240317094A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-26
申请号：US18612295
申请日：2024-03-21
Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Inventor： Simon Duffaut , Mehdi Chafik , Arnaud Besnier , Louis Favie
CPC classification number: B60L53/37 , B60L53/126 , B60L53/38 , E04H4/1654 , H02J50/005 , H02J50/10 , B60L2200/32
Abstract: A docking station for a pool cleaner includes at least one inductive element for charging the pool cleaner. A docking station for a pool cleaner may include means for guiding the pool cleaner to the docking station using light-based communication. In certain embodiments, the docking station for a pool cleaner may include means for engaging and/or supporting the pool cleaner at a waterline of a swimming pool or spa. A docking station for a pool cleaner a may enclose a pool cleaner within a receiving area in certain embodiments.
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公开(公告)号：US12097779B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-24
申请号：US17704846
申请日：2022-03-25
Applicant: IPT Technology GmbH , Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Inventor： Sotirios Sotiriou , Daniel Cichon , Tobias Dräger
IPC: G01S5/04 , B60L53/124 , B60L53/37 , B60L53/38 , G01S5/02 , H02J50/10 , H02J50/40 , H02J50/60 , H02J50/90
CPC classification number: B60L53/38 , B60L53/124 , B60L53/37 , G01S5/0284 , G01S5/0294 , G01S5/04 , H02J50/10 , H02J50/40 , H02J50/60 , H02J50/90 , B60L2240/12 , B60L2240/24 , B60L2240/32
Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining a relative pose between a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle. The method includes obtaining first output values generated by multiple receiving devices of a first radio direction finding system. The first radio direction finding system further includes a transmitting device. The receiving devices generate the output values in response to receiving a position signal transmitted by the transmitting device. The method includes determining a motion value of the vehicle. The method includes providing the obtained first output values and the motion value as input values to a model. The method includes determining a first relative pose based on the model. The method includes determining the relative pose based on the first relative pose.
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公开(公告)号：US12097778B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-24
申请号：US17256023
申请日：2019-06-13
Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Inventor： Kei Machida
IPC: B60L53/37 , B60L53/16 , B60L53/30 , B60L53/36 , B60Q9/00 , E04H6/42 , E05F15/40 , E05F15/60 , E05F15/70 , H02J7/00
CPC classification number: B60L53/37 , B60L53/16 , B60L53/305 , B60L53/36 , B60Q9/00 , E04H6/42 , E05F15/40 , E05F15/60 , E05F15/70 , E05Y2201/434 , E05Y2400/40 , E05Y2400/54 , E05Y2900/534 , H02J7/0013
Abstract: There is provide an electric motor vehicle that includes a power storage device, the electric motor vehicle including: a power receiving and feeding outlet configured to enable receiving and feeding of power between the power storage device and a power receiving and feeding apparatus that is provided outside the vehicle; a lid portion driving unit configured to drive a lid portion of the power receiving and feeding outlet; and a communication unit configured to receive a signal from the power receiving and feeding apparatus, the electric motor vehicle being configured to control the drive of the lid portion driving unit in response to the signal from the power receiving and feeding apparatus.
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公开(公告)号：US12065051B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-20
申请号：US17308184
申请日：2021-05-05
Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.
Inventor： Matthew Hetrich
Abstract: A plug connection system that autonomously charges an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The method includes: obtaining a trained machine learning (ML) model from a back-end server; capturing an image using an image capturing device of the charging system, wherein a portion of the image comprises the EV charging portal; inputting the image into the trained ML model to determine one or more regions of interest associated with the EV charging portal within the image; determining a location of the EV charging portal based on the one or more determined regions of interest and one or more image processing techniques; and providing information to maneuver the robotic arm of the charging system to a physical position based on the determined location of the EV charging portal.
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公开(公告)号：US12062208B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-13
申请号：US17331222
申请日：2021-05-26
Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.
Inventor： Matthew Hetrich , Gregory A. Cole
CPC classification number: G06T7/74 , B60L53/37 , G06T7/70 , G06T7/73 , G06V10/757 , G06V10/82 , H04N23/695 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/30244 , G06T2207/30252
Abstract: An automated charging system for an electric vehicle is disclosed that includes a plug with a built-in camera assembly. The camera assembly captures images of a charging port of the electric vehicle, which are processed by one or more processors to estimate the location of the charging port relative to the plug. A multi-stage localization architecture is described that includes a gross localization procedure and a fine localization procedure. The gross localization procedure can implement a first convolutional neural network (CNN) to estimate a position of an object in the image. The fine localization procedure can implement a second CNN to estimate a position and orientation of the object. Actuators for moving the plug in a three-dimensional space can be controlled by the multi-stage localization architecture.
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