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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Powertree Services, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stacey Reineccius, San Francisco, CA (US);

John C. Sellers, El Cerrito, CA (US);

Franklin Gobar, San Rafael, CA (US);

Assignee:

POWERTREE SERVICES, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1846 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02J 2003/143 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3266 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01); Y02E 10/566 (2013.01); Y02E 60/721 (2013.01); Y02E 70/30 (2013.01); Y02T 90/168 (2013.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/224 (2013.01); Y04S 20/242 (2013.01); Y04S 30/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and methods for electric vehicle charging are described. A preferred charging rate associated with an electric vehicle is determined. The preferred charging rate is compared with a first charging rate associated with a utility service current source and a second charging rate associated with an electrical energy storage device. The utility service current source supports the first charging rate and the electrical energy storage device supports the second charging rate, where the second charging rate is greater than the first charging rate. A transfer switch is instructed to select one of the utility service current source and the electrical energy storage device based on the comparison. The transfer switch is coupled to an electric vehicle charger and supplies current to the electric vehicle charger via the selected current source. The electric vehicle is charged at the preferred charging rate using at least the selected current source.


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