Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric vehicle supply equipment
- Patent Title (中): 电动车辆供应设备
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Application No.: US14025140Application Date: 2013-09-12
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Publication No.: US09073439B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Kenneth J. Brown , Carlos E. Ramirez , Victor Soto
- Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Melville
- Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Melville
- Agency: Marger Johnson & McCollom PC
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; B60L11/18 ; B60L3/00 ; B65H75/44

Abstract:
Electric vehicle supply equipment includes an enclosure, an electric vehicle supply circuit for providing a flow of current to an electric vehicle, a charge circuit interrupting device, the charge circuit interrupting device arranged to interrupt the flow of current to the electric vehicle, a grounding monitor circuit, the grounding monitor circuit coupled to grounding conductors, the grounding monitor circuit having a grounding output signal, a ground default detection circuit, the ground fault detection circuit coupled to current carrying conductors, the ground fault detection circuit having a fault detection output signal, a controller, the controller coupled to the grounding monitor circuit, the ground fault detection circuit and the charge circuit interrupting device, the controller arranged to control the charge circuit interrupting device, and logic arranged to receive the grounding and fault detection signals and the control signal, and assert a close signal based upon the grounding and fault detection signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140015487A1 ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT Public/Granted day:2014-01-16
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