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US 11,524,595 B2Granted
Electric transport device charging and cleaning station
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsRicky Jukuei Hsu, Can Bulat, Mason Watson
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Abstract
A method and system for providing an electric transport device charging and cleaning station is described. In one embodiment, a method for providing an electric transport device to a user includes receiving a request from a user for an electric transport device. The method also includes preparing the electric transport device for deployment, including cleaning and/or charging the electric transport device. The method further includes deploying the prepared electric transport device to the user.
Claims20
A method for providing an electric transport device to a user, the method comprising:
- providing an electric transport device charging and cleaning station at location, the electric transport device charging and cleaning station containing a plurality of electric transport devices within an interior of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- connecting the electric transport device charging and cleaning station to a power source for supplying electrical power to the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- connecting the electric transport device charging and cleaning station to a water source for supplying water to a cleaning mechanism inside the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- receiving, at the electric transport device charging and cleaning station, a request from a user for an electric transport device of the plurality of electric transport devices contained within the interior of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- preparing the electric transport device for deployment from within the electric transport device charging and cleaning station,
- wherein preparing the electric transport device for deployment further includes:
- charging the electric transport device using a charging mechanism of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- and
- cleaning the electric transport device using the cleaning mechanism of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station, wherein cleaning the electric transport device comprises using the water from the water source to steam clean the electric transport device;
- and
- after the electric transport device has been charged and cleaned using steam from the cleaning mechanism inside the electric transport device charging and cleaning station, deploying the prepared electric transport device to the user from the electric transport device charging and cleaning station.
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A method of providing an electric transport device to a user, the method comprising:
- providing an electric transport device charging and cleaning station at location, the electric transport device charging and cleaning station containing a plurality of electric transport devices within an interior of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- connecting the electric transport device charging and cleaning station to a power source for supplying electrical power to the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- connecting the electric transport device charging and cleaning station to a water source for supplying water to a cleaning mechanism inside the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- interacting with a user to receive a request for an electric transport device of the plurality of electric transport devices contained within the interior of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- preparing a selected electric transport device from the plurality of electric transport devices stored inside the electric transport device charging and cleaning station for deployment from within the electric transport device charging and cleaning station,
- wherein preparing the selected electric transport device for deployment further includes:
- charging the selected electric transport device using a charging mechanism of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- and
- cleaning the selected electric transport device using the cleaning mechanism of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station, wherein cleaning the electric transport device comprises using the water from the water source to steam clean the selected electric transport device;
- and
- after the selected electric transport device has been charged and cleaned using steam from the cleaning mechanism inside the electric transport device charging and cleaning station, deploying the selected electric transport device from an access panel located at a bottom of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station.
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An electric transport device charging and cleaning station, comprising:
- an outer housing surrounding an interior of the electric transport device charging and cleaning station;
- at least one processor;
- a user interface in communication with the at least one processor;
- a deployment mechanism holding a plurality of electric transport devices, the deployment mechanism disposed inside the outer housing;
- a cleaning mechanism disposed inside the outer housing, the cleaning mechanism configured to use water from a water source connected to the electric transport device charging and cleaning station to steam clean one or more of the plurality of electric transport devices;
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- a charger mechanism disposed inside the outer housing, the charger mechanism configured to use electrical power from a power source connected to the electric transport device charging and cleaning station to charge one or more of the plurality of electric transport devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.