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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Troy Adam Nergaard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin Sukup, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kristoffer John Donhowe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Hugo Van Dyke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Warwick Ka Kui Wong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Troy Adam Nergaard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin Sukup, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kristoffer John Donhowe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Hugo Van Dyke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Warwick Ka Kui Wong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of distributing charging power among a plurality of charge ports of a battery charging station is provided, where the battery charging station includes a plurality of power stages where each power stage includes an AC to DC converter and provides a portion of the charging station's maximum available charging power, the method comprising the steps of (i) monitoring battery charging station conditions and operating conditions for each charging port; (ii) determining current battery charging station conditions, including current operating conditions for each charging port; (iii) determining power distribution for the battery charging station and the charging ports in response to the current battery charging conditions and in accordance with a predefined set of power distribution rules; and (iv) coupling the power stages to the charging ports in accordance with the power distribution.