Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing electric current allocation between charging equipment for charging electric vehicles
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Application No.: US15295824Application Date: 2016-10-17
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Publication No.: US09908427B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: David Baxter , Carl F. Hagenmaier, Jr. , Milton T. Tormey , Richard Lowenthal
- Applicant: ChargePoint, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Campbell
- Assignee: CHARGEPOINT, INC.
- Current Assignee: CHARGEPOINT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Campbell
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J7/14 ; B60L11/18 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L3/12 ; B60L11/00 ; G05B13/02 ; H02J3/14

Abstract:
A first and second charging equipment for charging electric vehicles share a current capacity. A controller coupled with the first and second charging equipment limits a total amount of current drawn through the first charging equipment and the second charging equipment to not exceed the current capacity. The controller communicates a first and second current limit to the first and second charging equipment respectively to cause a first and second electric vehicle to limit their current draw to not exceed the first and second current limit respectively. A sum of current to be drawn at the first and second current limit does not exceed the current capacity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170036558A1 Electrical Circuit Sharing for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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