ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,660, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle-to-vehicle charging" was invented by Dominique Meroux (Fair Oaks, Calif.), Kai Wu (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Chen Zhang (Dearborn, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for vehicle-to-vehicle charging includes identifying a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) for charging based on a determination that the PHEV's engine will start prior to the PHEV's battery being charged from an external power source. The method can include identifying a battery electric vehicle (BEV) to provide charging to the identified PHEV and transmitting loca...