Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
摘要
An auto-seek operating mode for an electric vehicle adjusts the vehicle in a direction transverse to a vehicle central axis using a vehicle power steering system and using a motor and a battery to advance the vehicle toward a target connector for a utility power grid for charging the battery. If needed, vertical vehicle position adjustments are made using a controllable vehicle suspension system.
申请公布号
US8371405(B2)
申请公布日期
2013.02.12
申请号
US201113268286
申请日期
2011.10.07
申请人
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC;ORTMANN WALTER JOSEPH;MASTERSON BRANDON R.;KRASKA MARVIN PAUL;COLVIN DANIEL SCOTT;REEVES, IV STEVE
发明人
ORTMANN WALTER JOSEPH;MASTERSON BRANDON R.;KRASKA MARVIN PAUL;COLVIN DANIEL SCOTT;REEVES, IV STEVE