US 11,708,002 B2
Power distribution and communications for electric vehicle
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US); Kameron Rose Hurst, Sonora, CA (US); Sean Ceballos-McGee, Fremont, CA (US); Anant Thakar, Los Altos, CA (US); Robert Gregory Twiss, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Ronald Lee Shaffer, II, Knoxville, TN (US); Jared Pendleton, Knoxville, TN (US); and Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/983,853.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032804 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/65 (2019.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC B60L 53/65 (2019.02) [B60L 53/66 (2019.02); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle comprising:
a power system for charging a battery installed in an electric vehicle and comprising a bi-directional power and data connector for receiving power and data from or transmitting the power and data to an electric vehicle charging device;
a communications system comprising a server and configured for receiving power from the power system and receiving data from or transmitting the data to the power system for download or upload at the electric vehicle charging device; and
an authentication module for authenticating the electric vehicle charging device.