Vehicle charge system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9975446-B2
Application number	US-201615053447-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2016
Priority date	Feb 25, 2016
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle charge station includes at least a first interface and second interface coupled with a power converter and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to detecting a battery electric vehicle (BEV) classified vehicle coupled with the power converter via the first interface while flowing a charge current to a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) classified vehicle via the second interface, redirect the charge current from the second interface to the first interface. Also, a method of controlling a charge station includes receiving first vehicle data from a first vehicle connected to a first interface and transferring power to the first interface. The method then receives second vehicle data from a second vehicle connected to a second interface and, in response to a comparison of the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data indicating a higher priority for the second vehicle, redirects power from the first interface to the second interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle charge station comprising:
interfaces coupled with a power converter; and
a controller configured to log a vehicle identification number (VIN) and a charge duration for each vehicle coupled with the vehicle charge station and to redirect power to a selected one of the interfaces based on an average charge duration associated with the VIN.

2. The vehicle charge station of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to receiving a first contract price which is greater than a second contract price and is associated with charging a first vehicle coupled with the power converter while flowing a charge current to a second vehicle at the second contract price, redirect the charge current from the second vehicle to the first vehicle.

3. The vehicle charge station of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to receiving a first entered departure time of a first vehicle coupled with the power converter while flowing a charge current to a second vehicle having a second entered departure time later than the first entered departure time, redirect the charge current from the second vehicle to the first vehicle.

4. The vehicle charge station of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to receiving a first entered travel time of a first vehicle coupled with the power converter while flowing a charge current to a second vehicle having a second entered travel time less than the first entered travel time, redirect the charge current from the second vehicle to the first vehicle.

5. The vehicle charge station of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to reserve a timeslot, based on vehicle data and entered data, and flow a charge current to an interface associated with the timeslot when a present time is within the timeslot.

6. The vehicle charge station of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to receiving a first state of charge (SOC) of a first vehicle coupled with the power converter that is less that a second SOC of a second vehicle coupled with the power converter, redirect charge current from the second vehicle to the first vehicle.

7. A method of controlling a charge station comprising:
receiving first vehicle data from a first vehicle connected to a first interface;
transferring power to the first interface;
receiving second vehicle data from a second vehicle connected to a second interface; and
responsive to a result of a comparison of the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data indicating a higher priority for the second vehicle, redirecting power from the first interface to the second interface, wherein the result of the comparison of the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data indicating the higher priority includes a lower battery state of charge, a higher contract price associated with charge energy, a longer expected travel time, or a shorter expected parking time.

8. The method claim 7 further comprising reserving a timeslot based on the result of the comparison and flowing a charge current to an interface associated with the timeslot when a present time is within the timeslot.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the reserving the timeslot further includes time division multiplexing the timeslot into a plurality of sub-timeslots and allocating each sub-timeslot of the plurality of sub-timeslots to a selected interface of a plurality of interfaces coupled with the charge station such that each vehicle of multiple vehicles sequentially receive a charge current.

10. The method of claim 7 further including logging a vehicle identification number (VIN) and a charge duration for each coupled electric vehicle, wherein the result of the comparison of the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data indicating the higher priority is based on an average charge duration associated with the VIN.

11. A method of controlling a charge station comprising:
receiving first vehicle data from a first vehicle connected to a first interface;
transferring power to the first interface;
receiving second vehicle data from a second vehicle connected to a second interface;
responsive to a comparison of the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data indicating a higher priority for the second vehicle, redirecting power from the first interface to the second interface; and
reserving a timeslot based on a result of the comparison and flowing a charge current to an interface associated with the timeslot when a present time is within the timeslot, wherein the reserving the timeslot further includes time division multiplexing the timeslot into a plurality of sub-timeslots and allocating each sub-timeslot of the plurality of sub-timeslots to a selected interface of a plurality of interfaces coupled with the charge station such that each vehicle of multiple vehicles sequentially receive a charge current.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Weber David Charles
• Ali Imtiaz
• Hakeem Mohannad
• Uhrich Michael James

Classifications

• Y04S30/12

  Remote or cooperative charging · CPC title

• B60L53/62

  in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge · CPC title

• B60L2260/58

  Departure time prediction · CPC title

• B60L53/64 Primary

  Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates · CPC title

• B60L53/60

  Monitoring or controlling charging stations · CPC title