US 11,868,927 B2
Electric vehicle charging system and method
Tyler Erikson, Torrance, CA (US); Silva Hiti, Redondo Beach, CA (US); and Kyle Underhill, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on May 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/870,892.
Prior Publication US 2021/0350298 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/66 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01) [B60L 53/665 (2019.02); G06Q 20/145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a power cabinet;
a charging power dispenser chain coupled to the power cabinet, the charging power dispenser chain comprising a first charging power dispenser and a second charging power dispenser coupled to one another and the power cabinet in series;
a computer processor configured to receive a vehicle identifier and a charging power dispenser identifier from a vehicle coupled to the first charging power dispenser; and
a control program being configured to run on the computer processor, the control program being configured to determine a time to deliver power to the vehicle and an amount of power to deliver to the vehicle, the control program being further configured to send to a communication hub of the power cabinet electrically coupled to the charging power dispenser chain the time to deliver power to the vehicle, the amount of power to deliver to the vehicle, the vehicle identifier, and the charging power dispenser identifier, the control program being further configured to send to the communication hub of the power cabinet electrically coupled to the power dispenser chain instructions to the first charging power dispenser to actuate one or more switches of the first charging power dispenser to pass through the amount of power from the power cabinet to the second charging power dispenser to charge another vehicle coupled to the second charging power dispenser.