Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charger for electric vehicles with distributed power converter arbitration
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Application No.: US14535018Application Date: 2014-11-06
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Publication No.: US09908421B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Gerardus Johannes Karel Marijke Koolen , Jean-Pierre Albers-Van-Der-Linden , Lars Peter Bech
- Applicant: ABB Technology AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Priority: EP13191822 20131106
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18

Abstract:
The present application relates to a charger for electric vehicles, comprising at least two power exchange ports for vehicles, each port comprising a data communication connection for at least receiving a power request from a vehicle, and a power exchange connection for delivering power to a vehicle; at least one grid connection for receiving electric power; a data communication bus, for communicating the power request from the vehicles to a plurality of autonomously controllable power converters, each for converting power from the grid connection to a suitable level for charging a vehicle; and each of the power converters comprises a data communication device, connected to the data bus, and configured for receiving power requests from vehicles; and configured for indicating its available power via the data bus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150123613A1 CHARGER FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH DISTRIBUTED POWER CONVERTER ARBITRATION Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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