Method for charging a battery-operated vehicle

US11338693B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Fabian Bachmann · Munich, DE
• Robert BOBINGER · Friedberg, DE
• Elsa Davy · Munich, DE
• Norbert DEIXLER · Unterhaching, DE
• Richard Eiletz · Deisenhofen, DE
• Sebastian Gielisch · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Roland Koenig · Habach, DE
• Alfred Pruckner · Munich, DE
• Dirk Schlichte · Munich, DE
• Hubert Scholz · Munich, DE
• Anette Sedlmaier-Fuchs · Holzkirchen, DE
• Ludwig Seethaler · Petersberg, DE
• Stefan Sicklinger · Passau, DE
• Ralf Stroph · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Stefan Stuerzl · Garching bei München, DE
• Martin Waldmann · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2019
• Grant date: May 24, 2022
• Expiry date: May 19, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S30/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for charging a battery-operated vehicle having a chargeable traction energy store and a system for autonomously guiding the vehicle with a charging vehicle having an energy generator and/or an energy store. The method forms at least one electrical coupling between the battery-operated vehicle and the charging vehicle via an autonomous driving manoeuver of the battery-operated vehicle and/or the charging vehicle. A charging of the traction energy store of the battery-operated vehicle occurs via the energy generator and/or the energy store of the charging vehicle during the driving of the paired battery-operated vehicle and charging vehicle.