Electric vehicle fastening and charging system with wireless control
AssigneeMetro Mobility, LLC
InventorDavid Montague
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Abstract
An electric vehicle fastening and charging combined system for a charging and storage station, such as those used for bicycle or scooter sharing programs, where a multi-purpose cable extends between the charging and storage station and the electric vehicle, and serves to fasten the electric vehicle to the charging and storage station to prevent removal or theft of the electric vehicle, and to conduct electricity to charge the electric vehicle, and wherein the fastening and/or detaching of the cable is controlled by a wireless signal.
Claims19
An electric vehicle fastening and charging combined system comprising:
- a multi-purpose cable detachable from only one end,
- a receptacle,
- a servo motor, and
- an embedded system,
- wherein, said multi-purpose cable extends between a charging and storage station and an electric vehicle, and serves at least two functions, including fastening said electric vehicle to said charging and storage station to prevent the theft or removal of said electric vehicle, and conducting electricity to charge at least one battery on said electric vehicle, and
- wherein said servo motor is configured to cause at least one of the fastening and detaching of said multi-purpose cable from one of said electric vehicle and said charging and storage station, and wherein said servo motor is configured to receive commands from said embedded system to control said servo motor, and
- wherein the detachment of said only one end of said multi-purpose cable may be caused by wireless communication sent by a user by way of a wireless communicator, either directly, or indirectly to said embedded system.
A method for fastening and charging an electric vehicle to a charging and storage station wherein a multi-purpose cable extends between said charging and storage station and said electric vehicle, and wherein said multi-purpose cable serves at least two functions, including:
- fastening said electric vehicle to said charging and storage station to prevent the theft or removal of said electric vehicle, and
- conducting electricity to charge at least one battery on said electric vehicle,
- and wherein at least one of the fastening and detaching of said multi-purpose cable from at least one of said electric vehicle and said charging and storage station is caused by wireless communication sent by a wireless communicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.