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Charging device for use in charging electric vehicles and method of providing electricity to an electric vehicle

  • US 8,729,858 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2011
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing electricity from a power supply to an electric vehicle, said method comprising:

  • receiving a request to deliver power from the power supply to the electric vehicle;

    transmitting, from a sensor to a controller, a first monitoring signal indicative of a combustible gas in ambient air exterior to the electric vehicle; and

    determining, by the controller, whether electrical power is to be delivered, from a charging device to the electric vehicle, based at least in part on the received first monitoring signal.

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