Electric vehicle rescue system

• US 9,846,918 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IP Venue, LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Original Assignee: Mesa Digital LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Inventors: Ortiz, Luis M., Lopez, Kermit D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Sun
• Application Number:
  US15/080,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20160311357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 320104
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/12 for salvaging damaged vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• 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 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• 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: 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 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

An electrical vehicle (EV) rescue vehicle includes a mobile platform, which further includes a winch and a ramp. The mobile platform of the EV rescue vehicle is deployable for retrieving a disabled EV (a “rescued vehicle”) thereon with the winch and the ramp and for transportation of the disabled EV. A charging unit is associated with said mobile platform for connecting and charging of the disabled EV, either on a fixed location or during transport. A systems analysis module can be included with the system for testing a functionality of systems and components of the disabled EV and providing results of the testing to customers. The mobile platform can be provided as an EV rescue vehicle in a form of a trailer pulled by another vehicle or integrated with another vehicle (e.g., a truck). The EV rescue vehicle can also carry passengers associated with the disabled EV when the disabled EV is being transported, charged, and/or analyzed by the EV rescue vehicle.

Claims

1. A system for electric car rescue, said system comprising:

a mobile platform including a winch and a ramp, said mobile platform deployable for retrieving an electric vehicle thereon with said winch and said ramp for transportation of said electric vehicle; and

a charging unit associated with said mobile platform for connecting to said electric vehicle and for recharging said electric vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said mobile platform comprises a trailer pulled by another vehicle.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said another vehicle is adapted to carry passengers associated with said electric vehicle as said electric vehicle is being charged by said charging unit.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said mobile platform is integrated with another vehicle.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said another vehicle is adapted to carry passengers associated with said electric vehicle as said electric vehicle is being charged by said charging unit.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a systems analysis module for testing of a functionality of systems and components of said electric vehicle, wherein said systems analysis module connects to and electrically communicates with said electric vehicle.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said systems analysis module communicates with a printing unit to render a report indicative of a result of said testing of said functionality of systems and components of said electric vehicle.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein said systems analysis module communicates wirelessly to a remote server through a wireless network to transmit data and results of said testing of said functionality of systems and components of said electric vehicle.

9. A system for electric car rescue, said system comprising:

a truck including a mobile platform further comprising a winch and a ramp, said mobile platform deployable for retrieving an electric vehicle thereon with said winch and said ramp for transportation of said electric vehicle; and

a charging unit associated with said mobile platform for connecting to said electric vehicle and for recharging said electric vehicle during transportation of said electric vehicle on said mobile platform.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprising a systems analysis module for testing of a functionality of systems and components of said electric vehicle, wherein said systems analysis module connects to and electrically communicates with said electric vehicle.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said systems analysis module communicates with a printing unit to render a report indicative of a result of said testing of said functionality of systems and components of said electric vehicle.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said systems analysis module communicates wirelessly to a remote server through a wireless network to transmit data and results of said testing of said functionality of systems and components of said electric vehicle.

10. The system 9 of claim wherein said mobile platform is integrated with another vehicle.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said another vehicle is adapted to carry passengers associated with said electric vehicle as said electric vehicle is being charged by said charging unit.

15. A system for electric car rescue, said system comprising:

a mobile platform including a winch and a ramp, said mobile platform deployable for retrieving an electric vehicle thereon with said winch and said ramp for transportation of said electric vehicle;

a charging unit associated with said mobile platform for connecting to said electric vehicle and for recharging said electric vehicle; and

a systems analysis module for testing of a functionality of systems and components of said electric vehicle, wherein said systems analysis module connects to and electrically communicates with said electric vehicle.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said mobile platform comprises at least one of a trailer pulled by another vehicle or is integrated with another vehicle.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein said another vehicle is adapted to carry passengers associated with said electric vehicle as said electric vehicle is being charged by said charging unit.