Systems and methods for charging multiple vehicle rechargeable energy storage systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9190856-B2
Application number	US-201313769072-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2013
Priority date	Feb 15, 2013
Publication date	Nov 17, 2015
Grant date	Nov 17, 2015

Abstract

Systems and methods for charging multiple rechargeable energy storage systems (“RESSs”) included in one or more vehicles using a single charging system are presented. In some embodiments, a method for charging one or more RESSs may include receiving an indication that one or more charging ports of a plurality of charging ports included in a charging system have RESSs coupled thereto. Based on the indication, a charging map may be generated. One or more charging parameters may be determined based on the generated charging map. Based on the charging parameters, a switching mechanism included in the charging system may be selectively actuated to provide electrical power from a charging power source to charging ports coupled to RESSs.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for charging one or more rechargeable energy storage systems included in one or more vehicles comprising:
a charging power source;
a plurality of charging ports configured to interface with the one or more rechargeable energy storage systems of the one or more vehicles;
a switching mechanism configured to selectively couple the charging power source to the plurality of charging ports; and
a charging control system configured to:
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Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Inc

Inventors

• Namou Andrew J
• Mackintosh Todd F
• Cesiel Gregory G

Classifications

• B60L2240/70

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60L58/30

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60L2200/10

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60L2200/32

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• Y02T90/14

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic