Managing electrical current allocation between charging equipment for charging electric vehicles
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H02J-007/00
H02J-007/14
B60L-011/18
B60L-003/00
B60L-003/12
B60L-011/00
G05B-013/02
H02J-003/14
출원번호
US-0956264
(2015-12-01)
등록번호
US-9469211
(2016-10-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Baxter, David
Hagenmaier, Jr., Carl F.
Tormey, Milton T.
Lowenthal, Richard
출원인 / 주소
CHARGEPOINT, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
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5인용 특허 :
25
초록▼
A first and second charging equipment for charging electric vehicles is wired on a single electrical circuit. Electric current is dynamically allocated to the first and second charging equipment such that the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit is prevented
A first and second charging equipment for charging electric vehicles is wired on a single electrical circuit. Electric current is dynamically allocated to the first and second charging equipment such that the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit is prevented from being exceeded. Dynamically allocating electric current to the first and second charging equipment includes communicating a first and second current limit to a first and second electric vehicle respectively connected to the first and second charging equipment to cause the first and second electric vehicle to limit their current draw to not exceed the first and second current limit respectively. The sum of current being drawn at the first and second current limit does not exceed the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit.
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1. A method, comprising: determining a maximum amount of electric current supported by a single electrical circuit, wherein a first charging equipment and the second charging equipment are each wired on the single electrical circuit; anddynamically allocating electric current to the first charging e
1. A method, comprising: determining a maximum amount of electric current supported by a single electrical circuit, wherein a first charging equipment and the second charging equipment are each wired on the single electrical circuit; anddynamically allocating electric current to the first charging equipment and to the second charging equipment such that the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit is prevented from being exceeded, wherein dynamically allocating electric current to the first charging equipment includes communicating a first current limit to a first electric vehicle connected to the first charging equipment to cause the first electric vehicle to limit its current draw to not exceed the first current limit, and wherein dynamically allocating electric current to the second charging equipment includes communicating a second current limit to a second electric vehicle connected to the second charging equipment to cause the second electric vehicle to limit its current draw to not exceed the second current limit, and wherein a sum of current being drawn at the first current limit and the second current limit does not exceed the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining an amount of electric current presently allocated to each of the first charging equipment and second charging equipment; andwherein the dynamically allocating electric current to the first charging equipment and second charging equipment is further based on the amount of electric current presently allocated to each of the first charging equipment and second charging equipment. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamically allocating electric current includes dynamically adjusting electric current allocations to each of the first charging equipment and the second charging equipment including increasing the electric current allocation to the first charging equipment and decreasing the electric current allocation to the second charging equipment while preventing the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit from being exceeded. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamically allocating electric current is further based on a set of one or more charging session attributes associated with a first charging session for the first electric vehicle and a second charging session for the second electric vehicle, wherein the set of charging session attributes includes for each charging session one or more of charging session duration, type of account associated with that charging session, percentage of charging complete, percentage of charging remaining, battery temperature of the electric vehicle, priority of that charging session, and time remaining on that charging session. 5. A method comprising: receiving, at a circuit sharing controller, a first message that indicates a request for an allocation of electric current through a first charging equipment, wherein the first charging equipment shares a single electrical circuit with a second charging equipment, and wherein the second charging equipment is presently allocated electric current;determining that granting the request would exceed a maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit;responsive to that determination, adjusting the electric current allocated to the second charging equipment such that the first charging equipment can be allocated electric current and the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit is not exceeded; andgranting the request and allocating electric current to the first charging equipment. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first message includes a requested amount of electric current, and wherein allocating electric current to the first charging equipment includes allocating the requested amount of electric current. 7. The method of claim 5, further comprising: wherein adjusting the electric current allocated to the second charging equipment includes transmitting a second message to the second charging equipment that indicates a first amount of current that is allowed to be drawn through the second charging equipment, wherein the first amount of current is a reduction from a most previous allocation of current for the second charging equipment;prior to granting the request and allocating electric current to the first charging equipment, receiving an acknowledgement message that indicates that the the second charging equipment is limiting current draw in accordance with the second message; andwherein allocating electric current to the first charging equipment includes transmitting a third message to the first charging equipment that indicates a second amount of current that is allowed to be drawn through the first charging equipment. 8. The method of claim 5, further comprising: cyclically reallocating electric current among the first charging equipment and the second charging equipment in a time period such that each of the first charging equipment and the second charging equipment receives an allocation of current in that time period while not exceeding the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit. 9. The method of claim 5, further comprising: receiving a second message that indicates that electric current allocation is no longer required at the second charging equipment; andresponsive to receiving that message, redistributing the electric current that is allocated to the second charging equipment to the first charging equipment. 10. The method of claim 5, wherein adjusting the electric current allocated to the second charging equipment and allocating electric current to the first charging equipment is further based on a set of one or more charging session attributes associated with a first charging session for a first electric vehicle connected to the first charging equipment and a second charging session for a second electric vehicle connected to the second charging equipment, wherein the set of charging session attributes includes for each charging session one or more of charging session duration, type of account associated with that charging session, percentage of charging complete, percentage of charging remaining, battery temperature of the electric vehicle, priority of that charging session, and time remaining on that charging session. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating the first current limit to the first electric vehicle includes modulating a first signal to the first electric vehicle, and wherein communicating the second current limit includes modulating a second signal to the second electric vehicle. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first current limit and the second current limit are substantially equal. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first current limit is less than the second current limit. 14. The method of claim 1, further comprising: responsive to determining that electric current is no longer required to be drawn by the first electric vehicle, communicating a third current limit to the second electric vehicle connected to the second charging equipment to cause the second electric vehicle to limit its current draw to not exceed the third current limit, wherein the third current limit is greater than the second current limit, and wherein current being drawn at the third current limit does not exceed the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit. 15. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, at a circuit sharing controller, a first message that indicates a request for an allocation of electric current through a first charging equipment, wherein the first charging equipment shares a single electrical circuit with a second charging equipment, and wherein the second charging equipment is presently allocated electric current;determining that granting the request would exceed a maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit;responsive to that determination, adjusting the electric current allocated to the second charging equipment such that the first charging equipment can be allocated electric current and the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit is not exceeded; andgranting the request and allocating electric current to the first charging equipment. 16. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first message includes a requested amount of electric current, and wherein allocating electric current to the first charging equipment includes allocating the requested amount of electric current. 17. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the non-transitory machine readable storage medium further provides instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes said processor to perform the following operations: wherein adjusting the electric current allocated to the second charging equipment includes transmitting a second message to the second charging equipment that indicates a first amount of current that is allowed to be drawn through the second charging equipment, wherein the first amount of current is a reduction from a most previous allocation of current for the second charging equipment;prior to granting the request and allocating electric current to the first charging equipment, receiving an acknowledgement message that indicates that the second charging equipment is limiting current draw in accordance with the second message; andwherein allocating electric current to the first charging equipment includes transmitting a third message to the first charging equipment that indicates a second amount of current that is allowed to be drawn through the first charging equipment. 18. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the non-transitory machine readable storage medium further provides instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes said processor to perform the following operation: cyclically reallocating electric current among the first charging equipment and the second charging equipment n a time period such that each of the first charging equipment and the second charging equipment receives an allocation of current in that time period while not exceeding the maximum amount of electric current supported by the single electrical circuit. 19. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the non-transitory machine readable storage medium further provides instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes said processor to perform the following operations: receiving a second message that indicates that electric current allocation is no longer required at the second charging equipment; andresponsive to receiving that message, redistributing the electric current that is allocated to the second charging equipment to the first charging equipment. 20. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein adjusting the electric current allocated to the second charging equipment and allocating electric current to the first charging equipment is further based on a set of one or more charging session attributes associated with a first charging session for a first electric vehicle connected to the first charging equipment and a second charging session for a second electric vehicle connected to the second charging equipment, wherein the set of charging session attributes includes for each charging session one or more of charging session duration, type of account associated with that charging session, percentage of charging complete, percentage of charging remaining, battery temperature of the electric vehicle, priority of that charging session, and time remaining on that charging session.
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