APPARATUS FOR OPERATING DOOR OF CONNECTOR CONNECTION PART IN EV CHARGING STAND

• US 20120081208A1
• Filed: 09/21/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Chung Woo
• Application Number:
  US13/239,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20120081208A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.7
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/32 of electricity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/36 of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/00 Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells B60L58/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for operating a door of a connector connection part in an EV charging stand, which is configured to control an operation of opening or closing the door of the connector connection part of the EV charging stand to which a connector of an electric vehicle is connected for a charging operation, using ID information of an EV user, and which is advantageous in that the connector connection part of the EV charging stand is prevented from being randomly opened when the electric vehicle is not charged, thus preventing an electric shock accident or damage to the connection part, and an unauthorized user is prevented from using the EV charging stand, thus effectively preventing the electric vehicle from being stolen.

Claims

1. An apparatus for operating a door of a connector connection part in an EV charging stand, comprising:

a user interface unit configured to receive ID information of an EV user;

a user identification unit configured to check whether the received ID information matches pre-registered ID information, and to output a result of the checking;

a control unit configured to receive an output of the user identification unit, and to transmit a signal for controlling a door operating unit depending on the result of the checking; and

the door operating unit configured to switch the door of the connector connection part in the EV charging stand between an open mode and a close mode in response to the signal transmitted from the control unit.

2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to transmit an open signal to the door operating unit, when the received ID information matches the pre-registered ID information.

3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display a notification message in the user interface unit to notify mismatch between the received ID information and the pre-registered ID information, when the received ID information does not match the pre-registered ID information.

4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to monitor a connection between a connector of the EV and the connector connection part of the EV charging stand, and to transmit a close signal to the door operating unit when the connector is disconnected from the connector connection part for a predetermined period of time.

5. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the door operating unit comprises a solenoid to change a direction of a current flowing through the solenoid in response to the signal transmitted from the control unit, thus opening or closing the door.

6. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to store information on a use of the charging stand and a charged vehicle in an internal memory.

7. The apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein the stored information is used for security of a vehicle.

8. The apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein the stored information is transmitted through a central management server to each user.