TRANSPORT MODULE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING DEVICE

• US 20120161703A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PEPCO Holdings Incorporated (Exelon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: PEPCO Holdings Incorporated (Exelon Corporation)
• Inventors: Gonzalez, Barbara M.
• Application Number:
  US13/334,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20120161703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• 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

Abstract

A transport device for an electric vehicle charging device is provided. The transport module may include a platform having a through hole; a plurality of wheels coupled to a bottom surface of the platform; and a cable guide element coupled to the bottom surface of the platform beneath the though hole. When the transport module is coupled to the electric vehicle charging device, a service entrance cable extends from electric vehicle supply equipment of the electric vehicle charging device through the through hole and is supported and guided in the cable guide element. A portable electric vehicle charging device including the transport module may also be provided.

Claims

1. A portable electric vehicle charging device, comprising:

electric vehicle supply equipment including a service entrance cable and an electric vehicle connector configured for connection to an electric vehicle inlet, at least a portion of the electric vehicle supply equipment disposed in a housing enclosure;

a pedestal coupled to and supporting the housing enclosure and including a base;

a transport module coupled to the base of the pedestal and comprising;

a platform having a through hole;

a plurality of wheels coupled to a bottom surface of the platform;

a cable guide element coupled to the bottom surface of the platform beneath the though hole, wherein the service entrance cable extends from the housing enclosure through the through hole and is supported and guided in the cable guide element.

2. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the pedestal is hollow and the service entrance cable extends from the housing enclosure through the pedestal to the through hole.

3. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the through hole is disposed substantially in a center of the platform.

4. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the cable guide element comprises a tray coupled to the bottom surface of the platform and defining a partially enclosed region beneath the through hole.

5. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 4, wherein the tray includes a bottom surface and at least one side wall.

6. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the transport module is removably coupled to the base.

7. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of fasteners fasten the base to the platform.

8. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the transport module further comprises a handle.

9. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 8, wherein the handle is coupled to the platform.

10. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 9, wherein the handle is coupled to the bottom surface of the platform.

11. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of wheels comprise multi-directional swivel casters.

12. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the multi-directional swivel casters includes a brake.

13. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the platform comprises a wood material, a metal material, a plastic material, a composite material, or a combination thereof.

14. The portable electric vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the housing enclosure is rotatable relative to the transport module.

15. A transport module for an electric vehicle charging device, comprising:

a platform having a through hole;

a plurality of wheels coupled to a bottom surface of the platform; and

a cable guide element coupled to the bottom surface of the platform beneath the though hole, wherein when the transport module is coupled to the electric vehicle charging device, a service entrance cable extends from electric vehicle supply equipment of the electric vehicle charging device through the through hole and is supported and guided in the cable guide element.

16. The transport module according to claim 15, wherein the through hole is disposed substantially in a center of the platform.

17. The transport module according to claim 15, wherein the cable guide element comprises a tray coupled to the bottom surface of the platform and defining a partially enclosed region beneath the through hole.

18. The transport module according to claim 17, wherein the tray includes a bottom surface and at least one side wall.

19. The transport module according to claim 15, further comprising a handle coupled to the platform.

20. The transport module according to claim 15, wherein the platform comprises a wood material, a metal material, a plastic material, a composite material, or a combination thereof.