System and method for plug-in vehicle to plug-in vehicle charging
AssigneeZooz Power Ltd
InventorsIlan Ben David, David Pincu, Nir Zohar
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Abstract
A station constituted of: a control circuit; a first and a second bi-directional converter, each in communication with the control circuit, each arranged to be coupled to a respective plug-in electrical vehicle at a respective first port thereof; and a connection to an AC grid, wherein the control circuit is arranged to: draw electrical energy from a first plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to the first port of the first bi-directional converter; and provide at least some of the drawn electrical energy to a second plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to the first port of the second bi-directional converter.
Claims18
A station comprising:
- a control circuit;
- a first and a second bi-directional converter, each in communication with the control circuit, each arranged to be coupled to a respective plug-in electrical vehicle at a respective first port thereof, each having a commonly coupled respective second port;
- and
- a connection to an AC grid,
- wherein the control circuit is arranged to:
- draw electrical energy from a first plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to the first port of the first bi-directional converter;
- and
- provide at least some of the drawn electrical energy to a second plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to the first port of the second bi-directional converter,
- wherein in the event that an amount of electrical energy drawn from the first plug-in electrical vehicle is greater than an amount of electrical energy provided to the second plug-in electrical vehicle, the control circuit is arranged to provide a difference in the electrical energy to the AC grid.
A station comprising:
- a control circuit;
- a first and a second bi-directional converter, each in communication with the control circuit, each arranged to be coupled to a respective plug-in electrical vehicle at a respective first port thereof, each having a commonly coupled respective second port;
- and
- a connection to an AC grid,
- wherein the control circuit is arranged to:
- draw electrical energy from a first plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to the first port of the first bi-directional converter;
- and
- provide at least some of the drawn electrical energy to a second plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to the first port of the second bi-directional converter,
- wherein in the event that an amount of electrical energy drawn from the first plug-in electrical vehicle is less than an amount of electrical energy provided to the second plug-in electrical vehicle, the control circuit is arranged to provide a difference in the electrical energy from the AC grid.
A method of providing electrical energy to a plug-in electrical vehicle comprising:
- drawing electrical energy from a first plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to a first port of a first bi-directional converter;
- providing at least some of the drawn electrical energy to a second plug-in electrical vehicle coupled to a first port of a second bi-directional converter, each of the first bi-directional converter and the second bi-directional converter having a commonly coupled respective second port;
- and
- in the event that an amount of the electrical energy drawn from the first plug-in electrical vehicle is greater than an amount of electrical energy provided to the second plug-in electrical vehicle, providing a difference in the electrical energy to a coupled AC grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.