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Vertical wireless power transfer system for charging electric vehicles

  • US 9,931,954 B2
  • Filed: 02/04/2014
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • a vertically mounted secondary charge coil;

    a display; and

    a park assist system including a transceiver and at least one controller programmed toduring a parking mode, detect objects within a vicinity of the vehicle by a plurality of ultrasonic sensors, output instructions via the display to assist a driver of the vehicle in avoiding contact with the detected objects, and cause the secondary charge coil to periodically generate a field to excite a remote primary charge coil, andduring a charging mode initiated based on a response to the field at the primary charge coil output instructions via the display to assist the driver in positioning the vehicle based on the plurality of ultrasonic sensors to place the vertically mounted secondary charge coil in a target position relative to the primary charge coil for charging a vehicle andgenerate instructions to display an alert indicating whether the vehicle is in the parking mode or the charging mode.

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