System for vehicle battery charging

• US 8,860,362 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Kamen, Dean, Heinzmann, Richard Kurt, Sachs, Jason M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Muralidar, Richard V
• Application Number:
  US12/847,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20110025267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 320/104, 320/105, 320/109, 320/103, 701/22, 702/61, 702/62, 180/65.1, 180/65.21, 180/65.29, 903/903, 903/907
• US Class Current: 320/104
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/00 Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/30 Constructional details of charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 8/003 Converting light into electric energy, e.g. by using photo-voltaic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/003 for electricity
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/40 adapted for charging from various sources, e.g. AC, DC or multivoltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0045 concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• 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 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility
• 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 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 : Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

A system for charging a battery within an at least partially electric vehicle. The system includes a charging device wherein the charging device configured to electrically connect to the at least partially electric vehicle and charge at least one battery by a predetermined amount. The system also includes a network configured to determine the location of the charging device.

Claims

1. A system for charging a battery within an at least partially electric vehicle comprising:

a charging vehicle wherein the charging vehicle is configured to electrically connect to the at least partially electric vehicle and charge at least one battery by a predetermined amount; and

a network configured to determine the location of the charging vehicle, the network configured to;

receive a request for a charge; and

send a signal to the charging vehicle including the location of the at least partially electric vehicle, wherein the charging vehicle locates the at least partially electric vehicle and charges the at least one battery by a predetermined amount.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising wherein the network is configured for communication between the electric vehicle and the network and the network and the charging vehicle.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising wherein the network configured to send and receive communication from a central database.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured wherein the electric vehicle requests a charge from the charging vehicle through communication with the network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the charging vehicle is a mobile charging vehicle.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the charging vehicle comprising at least one battery.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the electric potential of the energy in the charging vehicle is greater than the electric potential of the battery in the electric vehicle.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one battery in the charging vehicle is charged by a generator.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the generator is a Stirling generator.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a motor vehicle.

11. A battery charge system for an at least partially electric vehicle, the at least partially electric vehicle comprising at least one electric vehicle battery, the battery charge system comprising:

a charging vehicle comprising at least one charging device battery configured to charge at least one electric vehicle battery of the at least partially electric vehicle by a predetermined amount;

a network in communication with the charging vehicle; and

a communication device communicatively coupled to the charging vehicle and configured to;

receive charging requests from the network including the location of the at least partially electric vehicle,

wherein the charging vehicle locates the at least partially electric vehicle and charges the at least one battery by a predetermined amount.

12. The battery charge system of claim 11, further comprising wherein the charging vehicle is a mobile charging vehicle.

13. The battery charge system of claim 11, further comprising wherein the at least one battery is a low impedance battery having a higher potential than a battery in the electric vehicle.

14. The battery charge system of claim 11, further comprising wherein the electric vehicle comprising a communication device communicatively coupled to the network.

15. The battery charge system of claim 11, wherein the charging vehicle is a motor vehicle.