Abstract: Dynamic allocation of power modules for charging electric vehicles is described herein. The charging system includes multiple dispensers that each include one or more power modules that can supply power to any one of the dispensers at a time. A dispenser includes a first power bus that is switchably connected to one or more local power modules and switchably connected to one or more power modules located remotely in another dispenser. The one or more local power modules are switchably connected to a second power bus in the other dispenser. The dispenser includes a control unit that is to cause the local power modules and the remote power modules to switchably connect and disconnect from the first power bus to dynamically allocate the power modules between the dispenser and the other dispenser.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2024
Assignee:
ChargePoint, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard J. Quattrini, Jr., Peter Vaughan, David Baxter, Carl F. Hagenmaier, Jr., Patrick Kien Tran, Craig T. Matsuno, Gary A. Eldridge, Pasquale Romano
Abstract: An electric vehicle charging station that is installed in a residence is coupled with a main circuit breaker in an electrical service panel. The charging station includes a charging point connection that couples an electric vehicle to a set of service drop power lines that provide electricity from a power grid to the residence; a current control device coupled to control the amount of electric current that can be drawn from the set of service drop power lines by an the electric vehicle through the charging point connection; a receiver to receive energy readings from one or more current monitors that indicate an amount of current is being drawn from the set of service drop power lines; and a set of control modules to cause the current control device to control the amount of current that can be drawn by the electric vehicle through the charging point connection based on the received energy readings to avoid tripping the main circuit breaker.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 29, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
CHARGEPOINT, INC.
Inventors:
Richard Lowenthal, David Baxter, Harjinder Bhade
Abstract: A direct current (DC) electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) that includes a secure enclosure. The secure enclosure encloses a set of one or more contactors to open and close to provide DC charge transfer with one or more electric vehicles; a conductor to electrically connect the contactors with DC input; a current sensor to measure current draw; a voltage sensing circuitry to measure voltage; and one or more circuits that receive current data from the current sensor and voltage data from the voltage sensing circuitry, the one or more circuits to perform one or more safety functions and one or more metering functions using the received current data and voltage data. The DC EVSE may also include, external to the secure enclosure, a controller that is coupled with the circuits to control the opening and closing of the set of contactors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2024
Assignee:
ChargePoint, Inc.
Inventors:
Carl F. Hagenmaier, Jr., Joseph Buczek, Ananthapadmanabhan Madhusudan, Stephen Eric Sidle
Abstract: Dynamic allocation of power modules for charging electric vehicles is described herein. The charging system includes multiple dispensers that each include one or more power modules that can supply power to any one of the dispensers at a time. A dispenser includes a first power bus that is switchably connected to one or more local power modules and switchably connected to one or more power modules located remotely in another dispenser. The one or more local power modules are switchably connected to a second power bus in the other dispenser. The dispenser includes a control unit that is to cause the local power modules and the remote power modules to switchably connect and disconnect from the first power bus to dynamically allocate the power modules between the dispenser and the other dispenser.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 14, 2023
Assignee:
CHARGEPOINT, INC.
Inventors:
Richard J. Quattrini, Jr., Peter Vaughan, David Baxter, Carl F. Hagenmaier, Jr., Patrick Kien Tran, Craig T. Matsuno, Gary A. Eldridge, Pasquale Romano
Abstract: A plurality of charging equipment share a current capacity. A message is received that indicates a request for allocation of electric current through a first charging equipment of the plurality of charging equipment. Responsive to determining that granting the request would exceed the current capacity, the electric current is dynamically allocated among the plurality of charging equipment such that the first charging equipment is allocated electric current without exceeding the current capacity shared by the plurality of charging equipment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2023
Assignee:
CHARGEPOINT, INC.
Inventors:
David Baxter, Carl F. Hagenmaier, Jr., Milton T. Tormey, Richard Lowenthal
Abstract: An electric vehicle charging station charging electric vehicles dynamically responds to power limit messages. The charging station includes a charging port that is configured to electrically connect to an electric vehicle to provide power to charge that electric vehicle. The charging station also includes a power control unit coupled with the charging port, the power control unit configured to control an amount of power provided through the charging port. The charging station also includes a set of one or more charging station control modules that are configured to, in response to receipt of a message that indicates a request to limit an amount of power to an identified percentage and based on a history of power provided through the charging port over a period of time, cause the power control unit to limit the power provided through the charging port to the identified percentage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 8, 2023
Assignee:
CHARGEPOINT, INC.
Inventors:
Shantanu R. Kothavale, Milton T. Tormey, James Solomon, Danny Y. Lee
Abstract: An electric field (e-field) touchscreen is described. A continuous stream of digital signal data that represents e-field signal deviations is received from multiple receive electrodes. The stream of digital signal data is processed using a machine learning model to determine a touch event and a location on a display screen of the touchscreen. The touch event is processed. The e-field touchscreen may determine whether a non-normal event may be occurring causing noise in the digital signal data. If so, the received stream of digital signal data is processed through a low-pass filter and processed through an absolute value average baseline filter. A difference between the filtered data is determined to generate a filtered stream of digital signal data and is processed using the machine learning model determine a touch event and a location on a display screen of the touch event. The touch event is processed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 14, 2023
Assignee:
CHARGEPOINT, INC.
Inventors:
Matthew Thomas Hungerford, Robert M. Khamashta
Abstract: Automatically identifying an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) is described. A receiver device receives wireless signals from EVSEs, where each wireless signal includes an identifier that is associated with the one of the EVSEs from which that wireless signal is received. The receiver device records signal strength values of the wireless signals and determines, based on the recorded signal strength values, which of the EVSEs is closest to the receiver device. The receiver device initiates a request for an action at the EVSE determined to be closest to the receiver device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 10, 2023
Assignee:
CHARGEPOINT, INC.
Inventors:
Karthick Kumar Malli Raghavan, Alexander Xerxes Botkin, David Baxter, Divyashree Tumkur Nataraj
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong
Inventors:
Justin D. Cumming, Peter H. Muller, David Hoenig, Pasquale Romano, Darren Chin-Ho Kim, Benjamin Bylenok, Dennis Michael Heleine, Stephen Eric Sidle, Michal Lekszycki, Aaron Dayton Little, Jacky S. Wong