Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mobile charging stations with fuel-cell generators for electric-drive vehicles
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Application No.: US17484166Application Date: 2021-09-24
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Publication No.: US11641128B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Alan B. Martin , Matthew C. Kirklin , Charles E. Freese, V , Margarita M. Mann , William H. Pettit
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J7/34 ; B60L53/35 ; H01M10/44 ; B60L53/54 ; B60L53/30 ; B60L53/12 ; B60L53/14 ; B62D65/10 ; B62D65/12 ; H02J50/10 ; G05D1/02 ; B60K6/22

Abstract:
Presented are mobile charging stations for recharging electrified vehicles, methods for making/using such mobile charging stations, and parking facilities equipped with such mobile charging stations. A mobile charging station includes a frame with drive wheels and a prime mover operable to drive the wheels to propel the charging station. A hydrogen storage container and fuel cell are mounted to the frame. The fuel cell oxidizes hydrogen received from the storage container to generate electrical current. An electrical coupling mechanism connects the fuel cell to a battery pack of an electric-drive vehicle. A resident or remote controller is programmed to receive charge requests to recharge vehicles, and responsively determines path plan data for the mobile charging station. The controller commands the prime mover to propel the mobile charging station from the charger's origin to a charger destination, and enables the fuel cell to transmit electrical current to the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220014038A1 MOBILE CHARGING STATIONS WITH FUEL-CELL GENERATORS FOR ELECTRIC-DRIVE VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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