Patents by Inventor Nathan Hightower

Nathan Hightower has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Autonomous vehicle servicing and energy management
    Patent number: 10889196
    Abstract: An architecture that can autonomously service a vehicle, such as an autonomous, battery powered electric car, in a manner that can be environmentally conscious, expeditious, efficient, and cost-effective. For example, the vehicle can be cleaned, repaired, maintained, or otherwise serviced, and charged by autonomous apparatuses of a point of distribution (POD) station. The autonomous apparatuses can be controlled by procedures developed by machine learning techniques. The charging can be accomplished by drawing power from an energy storage device that is charged in response to a determination that a demand for energy is below a defined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Dirk Michels, Nathan Hightower, Alexander von Welczeck
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SERVICING AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20180345811
    Abstract: An architecture that can autonomously service a vehicle, such as an autonomous, battery powered electric car, in a manner that can be environmentally conscious, expeditious, efficient, and cost-effective. For example, the vehicle can be cleaned, repaired, maintained, or otherwise serviced, and charged by autonomous apparatuses of a point of distribution (POD) station. The autonomous apparatuses can be controlled by procedures developed by machine learning techniques. The charging can be accomplished by drawing power from an energy storage device that is charged in response to a determination that a demand for energy is below a defined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk Michels, Nathan Hightower, Alexander von Welczeck