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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Kintner-Meyer, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 1/08 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/184 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); B60L 1/08 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/24 (2019.02); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2510/246 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6269 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y02T 90/169 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Battery charging control methods, electrical vehicle charging methods, battery charging control apparatus, and electrical vehicles are described. In one arrangement, battery charging control methods include accessing price information for electrical energy supplied by an electrical power distribution system and controlling an adjustment of an amount of the electrical energy from the electrical power distribution system used to charge a rechargeable battery at different moments in time using the price information. Other arrangements are described.