SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COURTESY CHARGING STATION HAND-OFFS BETWEEN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE USERS

    公开(公告)号:US20190217717A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-18

    申请号:US15981091

    申请日:2018-05-16

    CPC classification number: B60L53/60 B60L58/13 H02J7/0027 H02J7/0047

    Abstract: This disclosure describes exemplary electrified vehicle charging systems for charging battery packs. An exemplary charging system includes a visual indicator (e.g., pictogram, text, or both) located on-board the vehicle that can be automatically illuminated once the battery pack has been charged to a predefined minimum state of charge (SOC) threshold. The visual indicator communicates charging status messages to other electrified vehicle users, and once illuminated, provides an intuitive indication to the other vehicle users that the electrified vehicle that is currently on-plug has received a sufficient amount of charge and therefore may be unplugged from a charging station. The visual indicator therefore facilitates a courtesy hand-off of charging station components from one electrified vehicle user to another. In addition to or instead of the on-board visual indicator, the charging system may facilitate courtesy hand-offs between electrified vehicle users by broadcasting charging status messages through one or more mobile applications.

    ENERGY SUPPLY DEPOT AND ENERGY SUPPLY METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190097440A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16081601

    申请日:2017-02-28

    Inventor: Yanguang WU

    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an energy supply station and an energy supply method. The energy supply station includes: one or more parking places for parking unmanned vehicles; an energy supply device configured to supply energy to the unmanned vehicles parked at the parking places; and a communication device configured to receive an unmanned vehicle energy supply request, guide an unmanned vehicle to be supplied with energy, corresponding to the unmanned vehicle energy supply request, to be parked at the parking place according to the received unmanned vehicle energy supply request, and cause the energy supply device to supply energy to the unmanned vehicle to be supplied with energy.

    PARALLEL CHARGING ARCHITECTURE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190013685A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15643412

    申请日:2017-07-06

    Abstract: Methods, devices, apparatuses, and systems may provide integrated combined current sensing for parallel charging architecture. In one embodiment a charger includes a first charging device that includes a switching circuit having a switching output configured to be coupled to a first terminal of an inductive element. The first charging device further includes a charging terminal configured to couple a second terminal of the inductive element to a battery terminal to provide a first power source to charge a battery coupled to the battery terminal. The first charging device further includes a charge current sense element coupled between the charging terminal and the second terminal of the inductive element. The charge current sense element is configured to sense a charge current at the charging terminal. The circuit further includes a second charging device that includes a second power source coupled to the second terminal such that the charge current comprises current from the first charging device and the second charging device.

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