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Charging station for motor vehicles and method for operating a charging station

  • US 10,403,134 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2016
  • Issued: 09/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A charging station for motor vehicles comprising:

  • a primary coil for inductive transmission of energy to a battery of a motor vehicle and a metal detector, wherein the metal detector detects a motor vehicle arranged above a charging station surface of the charging station; and

    the charging station is provided with a transmitting device, which transmits an occupancy signal if it is detected by the metal detector that a motor vehicle is arranged above the charging station surface, wherein the occupancy signal is transmitted to at least one other motor vehicle indicating that the charging station is occupied; and

    an aluminum bottom plate shielding the charging station from the inductive transmission of energy in a downward direction,wherein the primary coil includes the metal detector such that the metal detector is formed for both detecting the motor vehicle on the surface of the charging station and for inducing a voltage in a secondary coil of the motor vehicle.

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