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US 11,942,809 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for a battery charging station infrastructure including individual battery chargers
AssigneeJuize, Inc.
InventorsMukhabbatov Nasim Khokimovich, Alex Freed, John Mark Sutton, Øivind Alexander Slaatto
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Abstract
A charger system comprising a charging station including a plurality of nests for chargers is described. Each of the plurality of nests is designed to partially eject the charger when instructed to do so, and further comprises a nest lock to lock in the charger into the nest when not ejecting. The charger system interacting with a user account, enabling a user to request the charger, wherein the charger is ejected from the nest for a valid request.
Claims20
A charger system comprising:
- a charging station including a plurality of nests, each nest configured to receive and eject a removeable charger;
- each of the plurality of nests comprising a nest lock to lock in the charger;
- the charger system interacting with a user account, enabling a user to return the charger;
- upon receiving an authorized return, the nest configured to enable insertion of the charger into the nest, and to establish a connection between the charger and the charging station;
- the charging station to communicate data regarding the charger to a server, and to turn off the charger in the nest.
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A charger system comprising:
- a charging station including a plurality of nests, each nest configured to receive and eject a removeable charger;
- each of the plurality of nests comprising a nest lock to lock in the charger;
- the charger system interacting with a user account, enabling a user to return the charger;
- the charging station including a magic light that indicates the charger that has maximum charging capacity, upon request from the user.
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A charging station eco-system comprising:
- a server to administer the charging station eco-system;
- a plurality of charging stations in a plurality of venues, wherein one or more of the venues administer the charging stations in their venue, each of the plurality of charging stations including a plurality of removable chargers, each of the plurality of charging stations connecting to the server;
- a user application available on a user device, to subscribe to the charging station eco-system, the user application enabling obtaining of the removable chargers and returning of the removable chargers, the user application connecting to the server;
- the system enabling a user to identify a charging station and request a charger, verifying the request by the server, and instructing the charging station to make the charger available in response to the request, and track usage of the charger by the user, for billing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.