Patents by Inventor Marcus Van De Veerdonk

Marcus Van De Veerdonk 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).

  • Publication number: 20150165917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a charge controller, a charger and charging system for charging a battery of an electric vehicle, which can include a) determining a priority for each port where an electric vehicle is connected, b) assigning a maximum available power budget to a port with first priority, c) performing a charge session at the port with the first priority, d) monitoring actual power delivered to the vehicle from the priority port, e) adjusting the power budget value of the priority port depending on the actual power delivered to the vehicle and f) assigning a remaining portion of the power budget to the port with the second highest priority, g) if the power budget exceeds a predetermined threshold value, starting or restarting a charge session at the port where the remaining portion of the power budget is assigned, and h) repeating steps e-h.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: ABB B.V.
    Inventors: Egbert Wouter Joghum Robers, Lars Peter Bech, Crijn Bouman, Ali Ugur, Martijn Halbo Dirkse, Marcus Van De Veerdonk