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Title: Power control apparatus and methods for electric vehicles

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1243348
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Electric vehicle (EV) charging apparatus and methods are described which allow the sharing of charge current between multiple vehicles connected to a single source of charging energy. In addition, this charge sharing can be performed in a grid-friendly manner by lowering current supplied to EVs when necessary in order to satisfy the needs of the grid, or building operator. The apparatus and methods can be integrated into charging stations or can be implemented with a middle-man approach in which a multiple EV charging box, which includes an EV emulator and multiple pilot signal generation circuits, is coupled to a single EV charge station.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
OE0000192
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,290,104
Application Number:
13/975,313
OSTI ID:
1243348
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Remote Rechargeable Monitoring System and Method patent-application February 2011

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