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Staged Deployment for Electrical Charge Spots

  • US 20110140657A1
  • Filed: 07/12/2010
  • Published: 06/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of staged deployment of an electrical charge spot system for charging at least partially electric vehicles, comprising:

  • during a first stage;

    installing one or more infrastructure adapters, each infrastructure adapter comprising a power supply electrical interface and an adapter quick connect interface;

    coupling the power supply electrical interface of the infrastructure adapter to a power supply;

    during a second stage;

    installing one or more external units, each external unit comprising a car electrical connector, configured to temporarily electrically connect to and charge an at least partially electric vehicle, and an external unit quick connect interface, configured to removably mate to the adapter quick connect interface; and

    mating an external unit quick connect interface of a respective external unit of the one or more external units to an adapter quick connect interface of a respective infrastructure adapter of the one or more infrastructure adapters.

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