Patent ID: 11897349
Assignee: DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A method for electrical charging moving vehicles by way of a first hitch and a second hitch, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a second soft hitch module of a second vehicle, a charge request signal when an electrical charge of the second vehicle is less than a threshold and when the second vehicle is moving;
acquiring, by a first soft hitch module of a first vehicle, the charge request signal when the first vehicle and the second vehicle are moving, wherein the first hitch is provided on the first vehicle and the second hitch is provided on the second vehicle;
transmitting, by the first soft hitch module, a charge verification signal to the second soft hitch module when the first vehicle and the second vehicle are disconnected and moving within a threshold distance;
positioning the first hitch relative to the second hitch to allow the first hitch to be connected to the second hitch when the first and second vehicles are moving;
determining whether the first hitch is connected to the second hitch, wherein each of the first hitch and the second hitch includes a connection interface, a contact surface surrounding the connection interface, and a plurality of contact terminals, wherein the plurality of contact terminals of the first hitch and the plurality of contact terminals of the second hitch each include at least one contact terminal to electrically couple a first battery of the first vehicle and a second battery of the second vehicle when the first hitch and the second hitch are connected; and
performing, by the first soft hitch module, a charging control operation when the first hitch is connected to the second hitch and when the first and second vehicles are moving.