Method and process for an electric vehicle charging system to automatically engage the charging apparatus of an electric vehicle
First Claim
1. An automated vehicle charging system for use on both hybrid electric vehicles and all-electric vehicles, comprising a dispenser, said dispenser incorporating means to accept payment in the form of a credit card reader, further incorporating a keypad and a display, and means for printing a receipt upon completion of a charging procedure, and additionally providing means for direct contact with the vehicle, such means extending from the dispenser having an alignable boom or robotic arm with extension, retraction, pivot, and swiveling capabilities, comprising a five-axis robotic arm providing of all of x, y z and goniometer actions, having flexibility to place an electric connector means directly into contact with the electrical receptacle provided upon the vehicle being serviced, including sufficient extension of the electric connector enabling direct connections with the vehicle receptacle, which vehicle receptacle is located at any position on the vehicle including the front, sides, or at the rear of the vehicle, said dispenser further comprised of a camera and sensors to provide for identification of the vehicle, which camera and sensors shall further assist to identify the location of the electric receptacle on the vehicle to provide information to be used for the final intricate movements of the automated movement of the boom or arm means into direct contact with the receptacle of the vehicle to be serviced and to engage such vehicle for a charging session or conversely discharging session, and such camera to furnish a means for identification of the vehicle for verification purposes, said dispenser capable of engaging at any given time in either a charging session or a discharging session, but only one such session at any given time, such dispenser being located at a parking facility, to include a garage or a lot, or to be established at a curbside location.
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Abstract
An automated vehicle charging system, that may be done within a service type station, to provide for charging, recharging, or even discharging, of the batteries of an electric vehicle, and generally will include a dispenser, having a cabinet containing all of the instrumentation desired for furnishing the provision of current information relative to the charging of a vehicle, of otherwise, and will include boom means that are highly maneuverable, in order to bring the charging instrument into close proximity of the electrical receptacle of the vehicle being serviced, whether it be at a service type station, or at a curbside type of charging system. Robotics may be used within the structure of these electrical charging systems, to facilitate the charging of any vehicle, by the customer itself, even at a self service type of station.
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- 1. An automated vehicle charging system for use on both hybrid electric vehicles and all-electric vehicles, comprising a dispenser, said dispenser incorporating means to accept payment in the form of a credit card reader, further incorporating a keypad and a display, and means for printing a receipt upon completion of a charging procedure, and additionally providing means for direct contact with the vehicle, such means extending from the dispenser having an alignable boom or robotic arm with extension, retraction, pivot, and swiveling capabilities, comprising a five-axis robotic arm providing of all of x, y z and goniometer actions, having flexibility to place an electric connector means directly into contact with the electrical receptacle provided upon the vehicle being serviced, including sufficient extension of the electric connector enabling direct connections with the vehicle receptacle, which vehicle receptacle is located at any position on the vehicle including the front, sides, or at the rear of the vehicle, said dispenser further comprised of a camera and sensors to provide for identification of the vehicle, which camera and sensors shall further assist to identify the location of the electric receptacle on the vehicle to provide information to be used for the final intricate movements of the automated movement of the boom or arm means into direct contact with the receptacle of the vehicle to be serviced and to engage such vehicle for a charging session or conversely discharging session, and such camera to furnish a means for identification of the vehicle for verification purposes, said dispenser capable of engaging at any given time in either a charging session or a discharging session, but only one such session at any given time, such dispenser being located at a parking facility, to include a garage or a lot, or to be established at a curbside location.
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