QKOIL™ Expands Its Patent Portfolio With Two New Filings Covering the Future of Autonomous Charging Infrastructure
EV Charging Systems LLC (dba QKOIL™) has filed two new patent applications that mark a significant milestone in the company's growing intellectual property portfolio. These filings join a portfolio of patent applications filed and issued in the United States, together with international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), collectively staking out QKOIL™'s foundational position in the emerging field of autonomous charging infrastructure.
The two new applications cover innovations that go well beyond the company's core overhead wireless charging platform. Together, they address the full-stack challenge of truly autonomous charging: not just delivering power contactlessly, but doing so intelligently, adaptively, and without any human involvement — at the scale that next-generation autonomous vehicle and robot fleets will demand.
QKOIL™ Files New Patent Application for Decentralized Overhead Charging Architecture for Autonomous and Fleet Vehicles
At the core of this new invention is a pole-supported overhead charging assembly that can automatically detect an approaching vehicle registered with the system, dynamically align a power transmitter to a power receiver installed on/in the vehicle’s surface, and initiate charging, all without requiring precise vehicle navigation to align charging elements underneath an autonomous vehicle. The system can either be wireless based using aligned transmitting and receiving coils to achieve inductive wireless charging of an autonomous vehicle (AV) or wired using robotics to automatically plug into the AV for fast charging.
Overhead Inductive Power Transfer for Autonomous Mobility, Industrial Robotics, and Consumer EVs
QKOIL’s overhead inductive charging architecture provides an alternative system topology with structural, operational, and cost advantages for autonomous vehicles (AVs), industrial autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and consumer EV applications.
Future-Proofing EV Charging for Autonomous Vehicles and Logistics & Warehouse Robots
While traditional electric vehicles (EVs)—like cars and trucks—have driven early infrastructure growth, the rapidly expanding world of autonomous vehicles (AVs) presents new challenges and demands smarter charging solutions.
