What the filing covers
Per-segment energization of in-road wireless coil arrays gated by a signed charging-corridor credential, with each coil segment activating only on concurrent satisfaction of credential validity, vehicle-identity match, alignment tolerance, and safety-state clearance. I filed this because a moving vehicle changes its relationship with each section of a charging road. In-road wireless coil segments energize under a signed charging-corridor credential. Credential validity, identity, alignment and safety-state conditions must hold together at the segment. I focus on controlling each segment rather than treating the entire lane as continuously active.
Why it matters now
A moving vehicle passes over successive parts of the road. Each segment meets the vehicle at a different moment. Permission to charge is only one condition; alignment and safety state also matter at that location. Segment-level control connects power delivery with the vehicle above that part of the road.
A real-world example
Imagine an EV moving along a proposed wireless charging lane. As it reaches a coil segment, the system needs to check the charging-corridor credential and the vehicle identity. It also needs the required alignment and safety-state conditions. The segment activates only when those conditions are satisfied together.
I focus on the segment because the vehicle keeps moving. A condition associated with one part of the road belongs to that encounter. The next segment presents the same set of control questions at another position along the lane. The road's charging activity follows those per-segment decisions.
Consider the difference from a stationary charging visit. At a fixed charging position, the vehicle remains at the connection point. In the lane, the vehicle passes over successive coil segments. That changing relationship is why identity, alignment, safety state and permission are brought together for each activation.
Where it applies
This work applies to road infrastructure and EV charging. Recharged is the associated use. I focus on the control of in-road wireless segments under the signed charging-corridor credential.
For an infrastructure operator, I would separate permission to use the corridor from the conditions for energizing a particular segment. The credential addresses authorization. Identity links the encounter to the vehicle. Alignment and safety-state clearance address conditions at the point of power transfer. The activation depends on the group of checks.
Charging-hub routing concerns power distribution at a site. Roaming concerns access across participating networks. Authenticated infrastructure markers concern trusted instructions. The wireless-lane work concerns the moving encounter between a vehicle and each in-road coil segment that could supply it with power.
Used in: Recharged
Status
U.S. provisional patent application, filed May 3, 2026; Status: Patent Pending; Sole inventor: Ross D. Blankenship; Assignee: Wins Parking LLC.
Provisional applications establish a priority date; they are not examined.