Patents by Inventor KEVIN ERTEL

KEVIN ERTEL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING TO REDUCE UTILITY COST
    Publication number: 20220080844
    Abstract: A method for controlling the charging of one or more electric vehicles at one or more charging stations in a geographic locality includes determining if the charging event of an electric vehicle of the one or more electric vehicles increases a demand billing rate. The demand billing rate may be a cost per unit of energy in the locality. The method also includes charging the electric vehicle at the charging event such that the demand billing rate is not increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Proterra Inc.
    Inventors: Seamus T. McGRATH, Justin ALLEN, Kevin ERTEL
  • Electric vehicle charging to reduce utility cost
    Patent number: 11214157
    Abstract: A method for controlling the charging of one or more electric vehicles at one or more charging stations in a geographic locality includes determining if the charging event of an electric vehicle of the one or more electric vehicles increases a demand billing rate. The demand billing rate may be a cost per unit of energy in the locality. The method also includes charging the electric vehicle at the charging event such that the demand billing rate is not increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: PROTERRA INC.
    Inventors: Seamus T. McGrath, Justin Allen, Kevin Ertel
  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING TO REDUCE UTILITY COST
    Publication number: 20170190256
    Abstract: A method for controlling the charging of one or more electric vehicles at one or more charging stations in a geographic locality includes determining if the charging event of an electric vehicle of the one or more electric vehicles increases a demand billing rate. The demand billing rate may be a cost per unit of energy in the locality. The method also includes charging the electric vehicle at the charging event such that the demand billing rate is not increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Proterra Inc.
    Inventors: Seamus T. McGRATH, JUSTIN ALLEN, KEVIN ERTEL