US 11,926,236 B2
Power charging control systems and methods for electric vehicles
Jennifer K. Light-Holets, Greenwood, IN (US); Julie Furber, Columbus, IN (US); Thomas A. Dollmeyer, Columbus, IN (US); Vivek A. Sujan, Columbus, IN (US); and Vinoo Thomas, Columbus, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Appl. No. 17/054,712
Filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/052269
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/061525, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,976, filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0061121 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 50/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/63 (2019.02) [B60L 50/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of performing an automated power charging process for one or more electric vehicles using a processor, the method comprising:
communicating, using the processor, with a power grid system via a network to determine a capacity of the power grid system;
determining, using the processor, a power demand level of the one or more electric vehicles to satisfy one or more mission requirements of each electric vehicle;
comparing, using the processor, the power demand level of the one or more electric vehicles with the capacity of the power grid system;
in response to the comparison, using the processor, ranking the one or more electric vehicles based on a predetermined priority using one or more charging factors;
redistributing, using the processor, an electrical load increment of the one or more electric vehicles based on the predetermined priority such that a redistributed electrical load increment is configured to increase a total amount of charging time as compared to the electrical load increment before the redistributing; and
charging the one or more electric vehicles based on the redistributed electrical load increment of the one or more electric vehicles.