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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
Spawar Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralph David Hooper, Lemon Grove, CA (US);
Jeffery Towns Gilchrist, Cardiff, CA (US);
William A. Chambers, Jamul, CA (US);
Bradley Joseph Easterwood, Madison, AL (US);
Brett Paul Lassus, Huntsville, AL (US);
Paul Michael Collins, Madison, AL (US);
Samuel Thomas Edwards, Decatur, AL (US);
Terry Lance Silas, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
Marc Ludwig Roth, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US);
Harry Lynn Barker, Madison, AL (US);
Steven Dustin Bennett, Huntsville, AL (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A vehicle charging station comprising: a container comprising an upper portion having an air duct, and a lower portion comprising a support structure, a smoke detector, a fire-suppressant inlet, and a charging/communications junction, wherein the upper portion is configured to mate with the lower portion to form a weather-tight enclosure around a vehicle, and wherein removal of the upper portion allows for loading/unloading of the vehicle into/out of the lower portion; and a resource control unit (RCU) comprising a processor, an environmental control unit (ECU), a fire-suppressant control manifold, and a charger, wherein the ECU is operatively coupled to the air duct, the fire-suppressant control manifold is operatively coupled to the fire-suppressant inlet, the charger is electrically coupled to the charging/communications junction, and the processor is communicatively coupled to the smoke detector, the charging/communications junction, the ECU, the charger, and the fire-suppressant control manifold.