US 11,951,860 B2
Battery charging management for multiple battery electric vehicles
Stuart Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US); Jim Baumbick, Northville, MI (US); Annette Huebner, Highland, MI (US); and David Kennedy, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/341,966.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388414 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/36 (2019.02) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating, by one or more processors, a first operational profile for a first electric vehicle, the first operational profile comprising a first mileage accumulation pattern, a first parking pattern, and/or a first battery charging pattern detected over an information collection period;
determining, by the one or more processors, an availability of a first battery charging outlet at a first parking spot;
identifying, by the one or more processors and based on the first operational profile, a first period of time for charging a first battery of the first electric vehicle at the first parking spot; and
autonomously moving, by the first electric vehicle, to park the first electric vehicle at the first parking spot over the first period of time for charging the first battery of the first electric vehicle.