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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:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2021
Applicant:

Zero Motorcycles, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eland Eggers, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Akshay Agrawal, San Jose, CA (US);

Abe Askenazi, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Robert Hazbun, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Will M. Brunner, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

ZERO MOTORCYCLES, INC., Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); H02J 7/00043 (2020.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); H02J 2310/48 (2020.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A charging system for an electric vehicle includes: a rechargeable energy storage device adapted to store electrical energy and to supply the stored electrical energy to at least one electric motor of the vehicle to propel the vehicle; a charger adapted to supply electrical energy to the energy storage device according to a selectable power rating of at least two power ratings to charge and/or recharge the energy storage device based on a selected one of power ratings; and a controller adapted to select one of the power ratings of the charger to set the charger to charge and/or recharge the energy storage device based on the selected one of the power ratings.


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