US 11,919,414 B2
Positioning method for inductively charging electric vehicles
Kai Kuhr, Berlin (DE); and Max Malchartzeck, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/055,025
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/059377
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/219307, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 207 394.5 (DE), filed on May 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221244 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/126 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/39 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01)
CPC B60L 53/36 (2019.02) [B60L 53/126 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/39 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for positioning a vehicle in an optimal charging position on an inductive charging station, comprising:
determining vehicle-specific first identification information, wherein the first identification information codes or comprises type information of the vehicle;
determining charging station-specific second identification information;
transmitting the first identification information and the second identification information to a storage apparatus;
receiving positioning information from the storage apparatus, which positioning information is based on a combination of the first identification information, the type information, and the second identification information;
wherein the positioning information comprises at least one item of information, indicative of a signal strength of at least one electromagnetic signal used to position the vehicle defined by the first identification information on the charging station defined by the second identification information.