US 11,865,938 B2
Charging system for electronic vehicles
Sujitha Krishna Devaraj, Troy, MI (US); Josh Fodale, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Robert Hinh, Cincinnati, OH (US); Adrian Kalinowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US); and Rafi Odisho, West Bloomfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/539,316.
Prior Publication US 2021/0049712 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/60 (2019.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01)
CPC B60L 53/60 (2019.02) [B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); G06Q 20/0855 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); G06Q 20/06 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging system for a battery powered vehicle, comprising;
a memory configured to maintain customer accounts;
a charging station; and
a processor configured to:
receive a request from a first customer at a charging station for a desired increase in rate of charge, the request including the desired increase in rate of charge and a first fee;
transmit the request to at least one other customer at the charging station in response to verification of the customer account associated with the first customer; and
instruct the charging station to increase the rate of charge for the first customer and decrease the rate of charge for the at least one other customer in response to the at least one other customer accepting the request;
the charging station charging a battery powered vehicle associated with the first customer according to the instruction.