US 12,328,018 B2
Electric vehicle (EV) fast charge station and system
James Richard Stanfield, Glendale, AZ (US); and Nitish Agrawal, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to The Noco Company, Glenwillow, OH (US)
Filed by THE NOCO COMPANY, Glenwillow, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,829.
Application 17/644,829 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2021/044321, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/044321 is a continuation of application No. 16/984,817, filed on Aug. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,600,996.
Application 17/644,829 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/984,817, filed on Aug. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,600,996.
Application 17/644,829 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/921,029, filed on Jul. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,390,176.
Application 16/984,817 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/018,411, filed on Jun. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,730,396, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Application 16/921,029 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/018,411, filed on Jun. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,730,396, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Application 16/018,411 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/024058, filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/476,499, filed on Mar. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0115877 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01)
CPC H02J 7/0018 (2013.01) [B60L 50/40 (2019.02); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle charging station for charging electric vehicles, the electric vehicle charging station comprising:
one or more power sources supplying electric power to the electric vehicle charging station for charging the electric vehicles;
one or more power generators supplying electric power to the electric vehicle charging station for charging the electric vehicles;
one or more energy storage devices receiving and storing energy from the one or more power sources and/or the one or more power generators, the one or more energy storage devices each comprising multiple electric reservoir modules;
one or more power heads for charging the electric vehicles at the electric vehicle charging station, the multiple power heads receiving electrical power from the one or more energy storage devices, the multiple power heads each being configured for releasably connecting to each of the electric vehicles for charging at the electric vehicle charging station;
a computer control system configured to monitor a charging demand at each of the one or more power heads and to connect one or more of the multiple electric reservoir modules to one or more of the power heads based on the charging demand of the one or more power heads; and
one or more electric power source controls or control systems configured to control supplying power from the one or more power sources to the multiple electric reservoir modules of the one or more energy storage devices.