Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refueling management system and method
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Application No.: US14927162Application Date: 2015-10-29
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Publication No.: US09658077B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: An Wu , Kenneth M. Follen , Howard Robert Frost , Suk-Min Moon , Vivek A. Sujan , Phani Vajapeyazula
- Applicant: Cummins Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Columbus
- Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Columbus
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/70
- IPC: G06F7/70 ; G08B29/00 ; G01C21/34 ; B67D7/04 ; B67D7/30 ; B67D7/22 ; G07C5/08 ; G01C21/36 ; B60W40/00 ; G06Q10/04

Abstract:
An apparatus remotely provides refueling management instructions for a vehicle. One or more initial vehicle parameters are determined, including an initial quantity of fuel, a plurality of route parameters including a starting point, an ending point and an estimated average fuel efficiency of the vehicle, and a plurality of refueling parameters including one or more refueling locations. The sufficiency of an initial quantity of fuel is evaluated in relation to the estimated average fuel efficiency and a distance to be traveled by the vehicle equal to a difference between the ending point and the starting point. One or more current vehicle parameters are interpreted at a first predetermined time, a refueling agenda is created, and an associated predetermined refueling amount at each of the identified one or more refueling locations is determined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160047665A1 ONLINE OPTIMAL REFUELING MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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