US 11,807,128 B2
Brand identification while recharging an electric vehicle
Richard C. Spina, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Vyacheslav Berezin, Newmarket (CA); and Hannah Nissenbaum, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,293.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122692 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/66 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/00711 (2020.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for brand identification of an electric vehicle to a charging station comprising:
connecting a plug of the charging station to a socket of the electric vehicle;
receiving a control pilot signal at the socket from the charging station;
terminating the control pilot signal in a variable resistance in the electric vehicle;
toggling the variable resistance in a vehicle pattern that transitions between two charging state resistances, wherein the charging station detects the vehicle pattern and maps the vehicle pattern to a vehicle brand of the electric vehicle; and
receiving electrical current to recharge the electric vehicle at the socket.