US 11,981,226 B2
Swappable battery system
Rajashekar Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US); Archana Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US); and Ajay Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Appl. No. 16/630,320
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/042943
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/018679, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/543,883, filed on Aug. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/536,897, filed on Jul. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/534,640, filed on Jul. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0164760 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)
CPC B60L 53/80 (2019.02) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a propulsion system;
a first battery and second power source powering the propulsion system; and
a controller configured to
enable unloading the first battery to a first charging station by propulsion of the vehicle towards and then oppositely away from the first charging station; and
subsequently enable loading a second battery from a second charging station by propulsion of the vehicle powered by the another power source towards the second charging station,
wherein the propulsion towards the first charging station is along a stacking axis of stacked batteries on the first charging station, and the propulsion towards the second charging station is along a stacking axis of stacked batteries on the second charging station.