Abstract: A bandage is provided having a flexible and wrapable bandage strip coated on one side with pressure sensitive adhesive, and on the same side as the pressure sensitive adhesive a compressible and expandable composition retaining well having an aperture configured to receive a medicated gel composition is affixed at its base about midway along a length of the strip; wherein the composition retaining well at rest is about 3 millimeters to 10 millimeters in height from its base to the aperture and having sides sloping towards the aperture of about 30 degrees to about 80 degrees. In one embodiment the strip and the composition retaining well can be integral. The composition retaining well can be compressible from about 20 to 80 percent of its height at rest. The composition retaining well can be made from an inert material and made of any suitable moisture-blocking material.

Abstract: An automated EVSE group commissioning system comprises a centralized system to supply a series of known valid SSID and password credential combinations to a group of EVSEs. The centralized system to assist in a group pre-connectivity configuration in that if the group of EVSEs is in a same area, they default to connect to each other via a WLAN created by a parent EVSE, to which each child EVSE connects. A first EVSE comprises instructions to commission the first EVSE in the group of EVSEs that is interconnected. Every subsequent EVSE in that local network connectivity group is automatically commissioned such that for every group of EVSEs, the only activity that needs to be performed is a single EVSE commissioning and the system does not require subsequent EVSEs of the group of EVSEs to be network configured for them to be added to the certain company account.

Abstract: A system comprises an Electric Vehicle (EV) charger with an electronic display screen having an e-ink/e-paper display—a technology that allows displaying information without power and an Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) backend system that receives charging data and sends charging commands based on dynamic load management principles via communication between chargers and central back-end EV charging management systems. The system further comprises a first dynamic Quick-Response code (QR code) representing the EV charger for the purposes of charger commissioning and configuration is presented on the e-ink/e-paper display during a boot time, and during (re-)configuration time whenever the EV charger is placed in a (re-)configuration mode and a second dynamic QR code different from the first dynamic QR code related to the OCPP backend system to which the EV charger is connected is presented on the e-ink/e-paper display during an operational time.

Abstract: A system for over-the-air (OTA) firmware update includes an industrial device with firmware, a central server with an interface configured to collect and process data from a data source, a wireless network, wherein the at least one industrial device and the central server are configured to communicate via the wireless network, and an OTA prediction module, the OTA prediction module being configured via executable instructions to determine a probability rate for a successful OTA firmware update of the industrial device based on the data received from the data source, and deploy the OTA firmware update to the industrial device when the probability rate is equal to or above a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A system comprises an EV with an infotainment unit, a driver App, an electric mobility service provider (eMSP) cloud and a user charging profile database to identify a Bluetooth® and time/location-based driver charging profile for its automatic selection in a charging session. The driver App is configured to communicate with the infotainment unit via a Bluetooth® interface such that a Bluetooth® MAC address being assigned to each device connected to a network is used to identify a vehicle ID and a mobile device location is used as a proxy for a vehicle location. The eMSP cloud is configured to receive the vehicle ID and the vehicle location. The user charging profile database including user charging profiles. The driver App includes a Bluetooth® plus time-based profile automatic selector for a charging session to automatically select a proper user charging profile based on the MAC address plus a day/time/location-based pre-configuration.

Abstract: A system comprises an Electric Vehicle (EV) charger with an electronic display screen having an e-ink/e-paper display—a technology that allows displaying information without power and an Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) backend system that receives charging data and sends charging commands based on dynamic load management principles via communication between chargers and central back-end EV charging management systems. The system further comprises a first dynamic Quick-Response code (QR code) representing the EV charger for the purposes of charger commissioning and configuration is presented on the e-ink/e-paper display during a boot time, and during (re-)configuration time whenever the EV charger is placed in a (re-)configuration mode and a second dynamic QR code different from the first dynamic QR code related to the OCPP backend system to which the EV charger is connected is presented on the e-ink/e-paper display during an operational time.

Abstract: Systems and methods for 2-factor authentication of an offline Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) are provided. One system comprises a data input apparatus for entering a qualifying identification of an installer and for entering an authorizing signal by the installer to login into an application that shows the EVSE that the installer is authorized to configure the EVSE. The login to initiate a power cycle of the EVSE which is a first-factor authentication and puts the EVSE in a configuration mode. The system further comprises an authorization computer connected to the data input apparatus for establishing an authorization signal and for verifying a received authorization signal for a user to connect the EVSE to Internet which puts the EVSE in a connected mode. The user rights of the user are cheeked as a second-factor authentication by a Charger configuration tool or a charger application or a configuration software.

Abstract: Methods for performing certificate-based authentication for a charging session of an electric vehicle are provided. Aspects include broadcasting, by a charging station, a charging station availability message, establishing a connection between a user device and the charging station via a wireless personal area network protocol, and receiving, by the charging station from the user device via the connection, a user certificate stored on the user device. Aspects also include validating, by the charging station based at least in part on a public key of the user certificate, the user certificate and enabling the charging session based on a determination by the charging station that the user certificate is valid. Aspects further include recording, by the charging station, charging session data and transmitting the charging session data to the user device based on a determination that an internet connection of the charging station is not available.

Abstract: An automated EV conditioning system based on public transportation information of an EV driver is provided. It comprises an EVSE configured to charge a battery of an EV, a CSMS coupled to the EVSE, a public transportation tracking platform coupled to the CSMS for tracking an EV location, a public transportation, and/or an EV driver phone through an App, which can confirm the EV driver actually hopped on a train or a bus and an automated mechanism including an algorithm to take into consideration public transportation schedules into EV charging by the EVSE. The platform is coupled to the public transportation such that the EV driver arriving via the public transportation expects the EV ready to travel. The system permits the EV driver to only set a single target SoC in the EV or an App and have the EV actually with that SoC and with a conditioned cabin automatically.

Abstract: An EV charging system of EV chargers deployed in a parent-child configuration is configured for charging an EV's Li-Ion battery. A parent EV charger has a cellular modem and a Wi-Fi modem that provide a network connectivity to a children EV charger. Network capabilities can also serve as a local load balancing management controller to the children EV charger. In a group of parent/children EV chargers, two or more EV chargers with parent capabilities are included with cellular connectivity and local load balancing management point of view. One EV charger is initially configured as a primary parent, while others are designated as backup parent EV chargers such that EV chargers that are backup parents maintain cellular (or another WAN connection) connectivity, but connect to the primary parent's LAN through Wi-Fi and the group of parent/children EV chargers is with redundant WAN connections and redundant local load balancing.

Abstract: A predictor of a quality of an electrical installation of electrical vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is provided. The predictor comprises a monitoring system including software instructions of a central monitoring software to identify whether an electrical circuit is about to fail by connecting to a smart meter measuring the electrical circuit (voltage, current, temp, etc.), as well as a smart EV charger with an internal meter connected to the same electrical circuit. The monitoring system is configured to use the smart meter to measure grid characteristics at a central place with metering information in the smart EV charger behind the central place to estimate the quality of the electrical installation.

Abstract: A screenless EV charger such as an Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) includes a configurable CPO QR code for seamless commissioning. The EV charger comprises a body and a QR code printed on the body. The QR code includes a URL of an EVSE manufacturer followed by a serial number or Device ID. The QR code covers all CSMSs with a single product SKU. The QR code redirects automatically to a desired CSMS, with compatibility to work with more than one CSMS. When a user lands on the URL with a web browser, a Webapp looks up a table that indicates what is a redirection URL of the CSMS that actually manages the EV charger such that the QR code never has to change, and an association of the EV charger to a CSMS is enough for the QR code to direct the user to a desired Webapp.

Abstract: An electric vehicle (EV) charging management system configured for managing charging of an EV comprises an EV charging system for charging a Li-Ion battery and an EVSE which is based on a charging station altitude at which the EVSE is charging the Li-Ion battery, an EV route stored in the EV charging management system and a likelihood that the EV will go downhill when travel commences after charging ends, in which the EV will start travelling without regenerative charging in place, as the EV goes downhill. The EV charging system comprises a processor and a memory storing software instructions that determine a safe and efficient state of charge (SoC), which is not to be exceeded, by adjusting a SoC limit based on the charging station altitude of an EV charging site and an expected route of the EV to provide an altitude and route adjusted target SoC for the EV.

Abstract: An electric vehicle (EV) charging management system comprises an EV charging system for charging a Li-Ion battery and an automatic mechanism related to charging of a hybrid/electric vehicle (H/EV) to avoid or restrict fires affecting the Li-Ion battery. The automatic mechanism comprises a heat/smoke/gas/particle sensor, a turn-off switch, a processor and a memory storing software (SW) instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the automatic mechanism to detect a fire and shut off charging to H/EV(s). The automatic mechanism further comprises a fire alarm system for protecting a certain zone. The fire alarm system includes different control groups, with a set of causes and effects. The EV charging management system to connect an EV charger to a control group. The EV charging management system can shut down all EV chargers either in a same zone as where the fire is detected, or in an entire building or adjacent buildings or in a parking area.

Abstract: An Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) configuration management system is provided for managing configuration of an EVSE. The system comprises a centralized system configured to supply locally or remotely a series of known valid credential combinations to a group of EVSEs on a sharing basis. It further comprises a first EVSE communicatively coupled to the centralized system. The first EVSE comprises a first processor and a first memory storing instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first EVSE to: store in the first EVSE locally/remotely a first wireless network configuration based on a first valid credential combination associated with a first wireless network that has a first login and a first password, and store in the first EVSE remotely a second wireless network configuration based on a second valid credential combination associated with a second wireless network that has a second login and a second password.

Abstract: A system and a method of sending sampled meter data from an electric vehicle charger to a backend for reporting via Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) for use by a utility to charge a customer for a power usage bill is provided. The method comprises sampling the meter data during a charging session of an electric vehicle (EV) at the electric vehicle charger being in an offline state to generate a raw utility billing cycle interval data and session data and a raw greater than 45-days interval data and session data. The method further comprises not sending the raw utility billing cycle interval data and session data as is from the electric vehicle charger to the backend. The method comprises sending a summary of the raw utility billing cycle interval data and session data in a format compliant with the OCPP to be interrupted correctly by an OCPP server.

Abstract: A network management system in an Internet-of-Things (IoT) environment includes a parent device with a first default configuration including a service set identifier (Wi-Fi SSID) that uniquely identifies a Wi-Fi network, a child device, wherein the child device is configured to identify the Wi-Fi SSID of the parent device, a network, wherein the parent device and the child device are configured to communicate via the network, and a network configuration module that is configured via computer executable instructions to lock the network, generate a second default configuration, provide the second default configuration to each child device, and turn off the second default configuration after the child device confirmed receipt of the second default configuration.

Abstract: A system for dry contact-based automatic alignment of electric vehicle (EV) charging load to whole circuit consumption comprises an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) including a charger relay circuit, a dry contact input and a current transformer (CT) clamp that is installed on an external electrical circuit to be measured against. The CT clamp outputs a signal that can be calibrated to generate an analog signal that passes a minimum threshold of the dry contact input. Normally the inputs at the dry contact input in the EVSE are programmed. A logic behind the external electrical circuit is modified to: a) turn off delivery of power to the EV when a calibrated current on the CT clamp is exceeded b) turn back on power to the EV if the calibrated current is no longer exceeded for over X seconds.

Abstract: A system for a firmware update includes an industrial device, such as an electric vehicle charging device, with firmware, a central server with an interface configured to collect and process data from a data source, a network, wherein the industrial device and the central server are configured to communicate via the network, and a cost-benefit-analysis (CBA) module for performing a cost-benefit analysis, wherein the CBA module is configured via executable instructions to calculate relative costs for a firmware update of the industrial device utilizing the data from the data source, determine a relative benefit for the firmware update of the industrial device, and compare the relative costs to the relative benefit.

Abstract: A system for over-the-air (OTA) firmware update includes an industrial device with firmware, a central server with an interface configured to collect and process data from a data source, a wireless network, wherein the at least one industrial device and the central server are configured to communicate via the wireless network, and an OTA prediction module, the OTA prediction module being configured via executable instructions to determine a probability rate for a successful OTA firmware update of the industrial device based on the data received from the data source, and deploy the OTA firmware update to the industrial device when the probability rate is equal to or above a predetermined threshold.