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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:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Steve Zander, Marbach am Neckar, DE;

Timo Kaul, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Raoul Heyne, Wiernsheim, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/68 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); B60L 53/302 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 53/302 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a charging system for charging electric vehicles, wherein the charging system has a charging station and at least two charging columns which are physically separate from one another and each have at least one charging connection. Each charging column has a light sensor and also a light and/or a display. The method includes receiving signals of the individual light sensors and also collectively evaluating the signals and adjusting the brightness of the light and/or the display of at least one of the charging columns depending on a result of collectively evaluating the received signals. Also described herein is a corresponding charging system.


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