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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Cecil Rivers, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Radoslaw Narel, Kensington, CT (US);
Marvin Herville Green, Waterbury, CT (US);
Cecil Rivers, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Radoslaw Narel, Kensington, CT (US);
Marvin Herville Green, Waterbury, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A charging system for use in supplying current to a power storage device includes a charging device configured to be coupled to the power storage device to perform a charging operation and a kiosk coupled to the charging device. The kiosk is configured to receive pricing data for the charging operation from the charging device, display the pricing data, enable the pricing data to be accepted, and authorize the charging device to initiate the charging operation if the pricing data is accepted.