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Electric vehicle station equipment for grid-integrated vehicles

  • US 9,754,300 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2010
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for transferring power and information between a power grid and an electric vehicle, the method comprising:

  • maintaining, by an electric vehicle station equipment (EVSE) separate from the electric vehicle and electrically coupled to the power grid, EVSE attributes;

    establishing, by the EVSE, communication with an electric vehicle equipment (EVE) inside the electric vehicle;

    transmitting, by the EVSE, the EVSE attributes to the EVE, the EVSE attributes including authorization to backfeed power to the power grid;

    receiving, by the EVSE, an instruction from the EVE, the instruction automatically generated by the EVE based on the EVSE attributes, the instruction including a communication to backfeed the power to the power grid; and

    energizing, by the EVSE, an electrical connector of the EVSE to electrically couple or decouple a corresponding electrical connector of the EVE with the power grid to supply power between the electric vehicle and the power grid in accordance with the instruction.

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