Patent ID: 11890953
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An electrically powered work vehicle, comprising:
a work vehicle frame;
a plurality of ground engaging units for supporting the work vehicle frame from a ground surface, at least one of the ground engaging units being powered by an electric drive motor to drive the vehicle;
an electrical power storage system carried by the work vehicle frame and connected to the electric drive motor to provide electrical power to the electric drive motor;
a work tool coupler carried by the work vehicle and configured to selectively interconnect the work vehicle with a coupler receiver of a selected one of a plurality of different work tools; and
a vehicle side electrical connector carried by the work tool coupler and configured to transfer electrical power to the electrical power storage system to charge the electrical power storage system;
wherein vehicle side electrical connector is a wireless power transfer connector, and
wherein the wireless power transfer connector is bi-directional so that electrical power can be transferred to the electrical power storage system to charge the electrical power storage system, and electrical power can be transferred from the electrical power storage system to an electrically powered tool operably engaged with the work tool coupler.