US 11,912,142 B2
Method for charging a battery
Zika Milosev, Ingolstadt (DE); and Nikola Djuric, Ingolstadt (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/312,618
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084603
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/151872, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 200 872.0 (DE), filed on Jan. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072964 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); H05F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/10 (2019.02) [B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); H05F 7/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for charging a battery of a vehicle with electrical energy using a charging station, the charging station includes at least one source for generating electrical flashes, wherein at least one flash is generated using the at least one source, using which an amount of electrical energy is provided via the air to at least one receiver of the vehicle, wherein the received amount of electrical energy is provided to the battery by the at least one receiver, wherein an amount of electrical energy is requested at the charging station at an agreement time by the vehicle located at an agreement location, communicating how much electrical energy is required by the battery, wherein a charging time is agreed, at which the receiver of the vehicle will have at most a target distance to the source at a charging location, wherein as soon as the vehicle reaches the charging location at the charging time and the receiver has at most the target distance to the source, the at least one flash having the amount of electrical energy is generated by the source, is transported to the receiver via the air, and is received by the receiver.