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US 12,459,392 B1Granted
Modular, multi-directional, battery-integrated smart electric vehicle charging station
AssigneeElectricfish Energy Inc.
InventorsNelio Batista Do Nascimento, Jr., Anurag Kamal, Abhishek Hemant Vinchure, Gabriel Felipe de Souza
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Abstract
A modular, multi-directional, smart electric vehicle (EV) charging station. In an embodiment, the EV charging station has a field-serviceable, replaceable modular construction, a fully multi-directional power routing architecture, buffered EV-to-grid and EV-to-EV charging, multi-EV charging capability, and the ability to integrate multiple modular charging stations into a networked local and/or wide-area charging system.
Claims20
A multi-directional electric vehicle (EV) charging system, comprising:
- a grid interface for connection to an electrical grid supplying alternating current (AC) electrical power, the grid interface comprising a bi-directional AC/DC converter;
- a backup battery system comprising one or more batteries;
- an electric vehicle (EV) charging port comprising a cable and a coupler for connection to a charging system of an EV;
- a source selection power distribution unit (PDU) comprising:
- a plurality of electrical connections, one to each of:
- the bi-directional AC/DC converter of the grid interface, the backup battery system, and the EV charging port;
- one or more switches or relays for routing electrical power to and from the plurality of electrical connections;
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- a switching logic controller configured to:
- receive instructions from a master control unit for routing power among the grid interface, the backup battery system, and the electric vehicle port;
- and
- operate the one or more switches or relays to route power according to the instructions;
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- the master control unit comprising a memory, a processor, and a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory which, when operating on the processor, causes the master control unit to:
- determine one or more pathways for electrical power to be routed among the grid interface, the backup battery system, and the electric vehicle ports;
- and
- issue instructions to the source selection power distribution unit to route power along the one or more pathways.
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