# US 10,870,357 B2 · Charging station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,357 B2 - Document ID: US10870357B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/912,955 - Filed: 2018-03-06 - Published: 2018-09-13 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-07 - Assignees: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Karsten Hähre; Raoul Heyne - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870357B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/31: Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles - B60L 53/14: Conductive energy transfer - B60L 53/302: Cooling of charging equipment - B60L 53/57: Charging stations without connection to power networks - B60L 53/60: Monitoring or controlling charging stations - F25B 30/06: characterised by the source of low potential heat - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A charging station, such as, in particular, a charging column, includes an electrical connection for supplying current/voltage to the charging station, a charging connection for connecting at least one electrical energy store that is to be charged, and a thermal connection to a geothermal temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the charging station by geothermal energy. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A charging station comprising: an electrical connection for supplying current/voltage to the charging station, a charging connection configured for connecting to at least one electrical energy store that is to be charged, a thermal connection to a geothermal temperature control device for controlling a temperature of the charging station by geothermal energy, a heat exchanger or heat pump for exchanging thermal energy between a coolant in the charging station and the geothermal energy of the thermal connection in order to control the temperature of the coolant, and a pump configured to circulate the coolant in the charging station to and from (i) the heat exchanger or heat pump, (ii) an electronics system of the charging station for cooling the electronics system, and (iii) the charging connection for cooling the charging connection. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger or the heat pump has a coolant connection for connecting to a charging-station-internal coolant circuit, and the heat exchanger or the heat pump has a geothermal connection for connecting to a geothermal fluid circuit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The charging station as claimed in claim 2, wherein the coolant circuit is configured in such a way that the temperature of either the electronics system or other components of the charging station is controlled by the coolant flowing through the coolant circuit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The charging station as claimed in claim 3, wherein the pump is a first pump that is configured to convey the coolant in the coolant circuit to the heat exchanger or to the heat pump and back to the coolant circuit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The charging station as claimed in claim 4, wherein the geothermal fluid circuit comprises at least one ground borehole in a region of the charging station, in which ground borehole fluid lines are arranged such that the temperature of a fluid flowing through the fluid lines is controlled by the geothermal energy. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The charging station as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a second pump configured to convey the fluid in the fluid lines of the geothermal fluid circuit to the heat exchanger or to the heat pump and back to the geothermal fluid circuit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The charging station as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fluid of the geothermal fluid circuit is a saline liquid. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coolant of the coolant circuit is a water/glycol mixture. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charging station or the electronics system of the charging station or the components of the charging station are configured to be cooled or heated by the geothermal energy. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charging station is a charging column. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charging connection is cooled by the geothermal temperature control device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charging connection is a charging cable that includes a connector that is configured to be releasably connected to a vehicle that includes the at least one electrical energy store that is to be charged. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, further comprising channels in the electronics system of the charging station through which the coolant flow. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronics system of the charging station comprises a first connection to the electrical connection, and a second connection to a coolant circuit of the charging station, wherein the pump is configured to circulate fluid through the coolant circuit of the charging station. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pump is positioned outside of the heat exchanger or heat pump.