Patent ID: 11858369
Assignee: CUMMINS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a controller, information indicative of a status of a battery system of each vehicle of a fleet of vehicles, the status of the battery system including one or more of a state of charge (SOC) of the battery system, an amount of charge required for the battery system to complete an upcoming mission, and a charging time of the battery system;
determining, by the controller, a charging priority for each vehicle of the fleet of vehicles based on the amount of charge required for the battery system to complete the upcoming mission;
receiving, by the controller, a location of a vehicle having the battery system with a highest charging priority; and
commanding, by the controller, a drive system of a mobile battery charging device to move the mobile battery charging device to engage a charging interface of the mobile battery charging device with a charging port of the vehicle having the battery system with the highest charging priority to charge the battery system of the vehicle to the amount of charge required for the battery system to complete the upcoming mission;
receiving, by the controller, a notification from the vehicle having the battery system with the highest charging priority being charged to the amount of charge required for the battery system to complete the upcoming mission that is different from a full charge amount; and
commanding, by the controller, the drive system of the mobile battery charging device to move to a subsequent vehicle of the fleet vehicles according to the charging priority.