US 12,233,733 B2
Electrified vehicle charging station configured to provide parking guidance to electrified vehicles
Colin Turner Lieberman, Ferndale, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/116,025.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176839 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60L 53/36 (2019.02) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrified vehicle charging station, comprising:
a charger assembly including a plug connected to a terminal via a charger cable; and
a transceiver configured to communicate information to an electrified vehicle which is useable to guide the electrified vehicle to an acceptable parking position, wherein the acceptable parking position is a location and orientation of the electrified vehicle in which the plug can reach a charging port of the electrified vehicle and in which the electrified vehicle does not block access to any other charger assemblies of the electrified vehicle charging station, and wherein the information includes a virtual map indicating an acceptable port location where the plug can reach.