US 10,875,412 B1 · Next generation of urban vehicle charging station

Abstract

A structure for effectively providing charging capacity for electric vehicles within urban environments in a safe and space conscious manner uses a new vertical building typology. A modular helix ramp structure with integrated wireless charging panels/coils charges vehicles as they drive up and down the structure without the need to physically park the vehicle in a traditional parking structure. A license plate reader, transponder or other vehicle identification technology registers a vehicle entering the tower, authorize purchase and initiate the up/down charging cycle thru the helix structure. The structure reduces the building footprint required to charge a given number of vehicles. This consolidates electrical infrastructure connection requirements to a single location, and because the vehicles are not occupied during charging exposure of vehicle inhabitants to electromagnetic radiation.

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Dependent claims

A building structure for charging an electric vehicle while the vehicle navigates the building structure, the building structure comprising:

a ramp system comprising:
an entry point for entering the building structure;
an exit point for leaving the building structure;
and
a vehicle pathway between the entry point and the exit point, the vehicle pathway comprising a vertically ascending ramp and a vertically descending ramp so that the electric vehicle can move up the vertically ascending ramp and down the vertically descending ramp;
and
a charging mechanism disposed along at least a portion of a length of the vehicle pathway and embedded into and/or mounted on the vertically ascending and vertically descending ramps, the charging mechanism configured to charge a battery of the vehicle while the vehicle moves up the vertically ascending ramp and down the vertically descending ramp,
wherein the building structure is in communication with a system in communication with a network of other building structures having charging locations, the system configured to determine a charging location with an available charging capability for charging the vehicle.

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Next generation of urban vehicle charging station

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Next generation of urban vehicle charging station

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