Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.

Satoru Shinzaki

Ryan Douglas Roy Harty

David Wong Cun

Jun Kudo

Keiichiro Honma

Robert Uyeki

Hiromitsu Sato

Kenji Fukuda

Tatsuro Horie

Jeremy Whaling

Sruthi Raju Nadimpalli

Akihiro Okamura

Harold Michael Koenig

Kazuyuki Iwata

Naohisa Morishita

Kazuo Asaka

Katsuaki Sato

Masato Fujioka

Toshiharu Kumagai

Tamotsu Kawamura

Tsuyoshi Kagaya

Hirohisa Ogawa

Hidehiro Tsubokura

Tomoaki Arakawa

Toshiyasu Komatsu

Youichi Nakahara

A system and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle that includes determining that the electric vehicle is located within a predetermined distance of a charging station and determining when the charging port of an electric vehicle supply equipment of the charging station is attached to the electric vehicle to actively charge the electric vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the charging station accesses a parking citation associated with parking of the electric vehicle if the electric vehicle is not attached to the charging port. The system and method additionally include locking the charging port to the electric vehicle to disallow decoupling of the charging port from the electric vehicle by an unauthorized individual to avoid the parking citation.

System and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle

A system and method for providing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) control to maximize profits that include determining at least one demand based charging schedule. The system and method also include processing an OEM charging policy option to schedule charging of the at least one electric vehicle at a low carbon footprint timeframe. The system and method additionally include modifying the at least one demand based charging schedule into a policy based charging schedule based on an acceptance of the OEM charging policy option by the at least one third party environmental entity. The system and method further include facilitating payment of a carbon credit payment from the at least one third party environmental entity to the OEM.

System and method for providing OEM control to maximize profits

A system and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle that includes determining that the electric vehicle is located within a predetermined distance of a charging station and determining that the charging station issues parking citations associated with parking of the electric vehicle at the charging station without attachment of the charging port to the electric vehicle. The system and method also include determining charging of the electric vehicle and sending a command to enable a locking mechanism of the charging port to lock the charging port in place. The system and method further include completing user authentication with respect to an operator of the electric vehicle to disable the locking mechanism to ensure that the charging port is not detached by an unauthorized individual and that parking citations are not issued based on the parking of the electric vehicle at the charging station.

A system and method for providing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) control to maximize profits that include determining at least one demand based charging schedule and processing an OEM charging policy option to schedule charging of the at least one electric vehicle at a low energy production cost timeframe. The system and method also include modifying the at least one demand based charging schedule into a policy based charging schedule based on an acceptance of the OEM charging policy option by the at least one utility provider. The system and method further include facilitating payment of an incentive fee from the at least one utility provider to the OEM.

According to one aspect, a charging station or a system for adjustment of electric vehicle (EV) charging timing, power, or location in coordination with the electrical grid (V1G) or vehicle to grid bidirectional power flow (V2G) selection may include a memory, a processor, and a charge controller or controller. The memory may receive a profile associated with an electric vehicle (EV). The profile may be indicative of a V1G/V2G charging schedule preference for the EV. The processor may determine a presence of the EV and the charge controller may control charging of a battery of the EV by selecting V1G or V2G based on the profile and in accordance with the V1G/V2G charging schedule preference.

V1G or V2G selection

A charging/discharging device includes an electricity storage unit provided in transport equipment, a power conversion unit for performing conversion of power exchanged between the electricity storage unit and an external power system, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the power conversion unit in accordance with a reception signal. A server device that manages charge/discharge of the electricity storage unit performs demand/supply prediction of power in the power system, decides a time, at which discharge of the electricity storage unit to the power system or charge of the electricity storage unit by power supplied from the power system is performed, and transmits an instruction including the decided time, at which the discharge or the charge is performed, to the charging/discharging device.

Server device

A charging/discharging device includes an electricity storage unit provided to a transport equipment, a power conversion unit that performs conversion of power exchanged between the electricity storage unit and an external power system, a reception unit that receives an instruction transmitted from a server device that decides a time at which discharge of the electricity storage unit to the power system or charge of the electricity storage unit by power supplied from the power system is performed, the instruction including the time at which the discharge or the charge is performed, and a control unit that starts up or stops based on the time indicated by the instruction received in the reception unit and controls an operation of the power conversion unit.

Charging/discharging device and charge/discharge control method for controlling charge or discharge of an electricity storage unit

A V2G system includes: a power system; a charging/discharging device including an electricity storage unit, a power conversion unit that converts power transferred between the electricity storage unit and the power system, a reception unit, and a control unit that controls an operation of the power conversion unit based on a received signal; and a server device that manages charging and discharging of the electricity storage unit. The server device determines a period of time during which power is discharged from the electricity storage unit to the power system or during which the electricity storage unit is charged using power supplied from the power system, and transmits an instruction including the period of time to the charging/discharging device. The control unit of the charging/discharging device starts up or stop based on the period of time indicated by the instruction from the server device.

V2G system and charge/discharge control method based on an estimated power supply-demand state, a minimum trading unit of an amount of power, and a total amount of power secured for selling to a power system

There is provided a system and a computer-implemented method for storing electrical charge in an electric vehicle connected to a charging station. The method includes: attaining a minimum State of Charge (SOC) for the electric vehicle; determining a time to charge the electric vehicle to a maximum SOC; maintaining an electric vehicle SOC by repeatedly charging and allowing discharge of the electric vehicle between the minimum SOC and a threshold; and charging the electric vehicle to the maximum SOC when the determined time to charge the electric vehicle to a maximum SOC has elapsed, wherein the threshold is greater than the minimum SOC and the maximum SOC is greater than or equal to the threshold.

Vehicle-to-grid control

A motor is provided with: an inner rotor having inner permanent magnets arranged in a peripheral direction and an outer rotor having outer permanent magnets arranged in the peripheral direction, the mutual axes of rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor being arranged coaxially, and a rotating device capable of making at least one of the inner rotor and the outer rotor rotate around the axes of rotation so as to change the relative phase between the rotors, wherein the rotating device includes: a first member which is integrally and rotatably provided with respect to the outer rotor; and a second member which is integrally and rotatably provided with respect to the inner rotor and which defines pressure chambers inside the inner rotor with the first member, and wherein a working fluid is supplied to the pressure chambers, thereby changing the relative phase between the rotors.

Motor

A collection-distribution ring comprises three busbars, each having a circular ring shape, which are integrally connected together with prescribed distances therebetween by an insulating resin. Coil connection terminals project inwardly in a radial direction and are alternately arranged in relation to the three busbars. External terminals project outwardly in the radial direction and are arranged to adjoin together at the prescribed position. These terminals are all exposed from surfaces of the insulating resin. A stator comprises the prescribed number of stator units that are arranged in a circumferential direction and are assembled together with the collection-distribution ring. Each stator unit comprises a core unit realizing magnetic teeth, an insulating member, and a coil. An outer terminal member electrically connects a first end of the coil and the coil connection terminal, and an inner terminal member provides electrical connections between second ends of the adjacent coils.

Collecting and distributing ring for rotary electric machine stator

A permanent magnet type rotor comprises an inner memberhaving an outer ring portion; an approximately annular outer memberhaving soft magnetism and an inner circumference contacting with an outer circumference of the outer ring portion; and plural permanent magnetsdisposed at equal intervals on the outer circumference of the outer member toward the circumferential direction. At least one of the inner memberand the outer memberis made from a sintered material, and the inner memberand the outer memberare mutually sintered and bonded. Thickness and weight of a dynamotor itself can be reduced and high output and high efficiency can be achieved.

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Satoru Shinzaki