US 12,081,055 B1
Smart energy distribution methods and systems for electric vehicle charging
Jason Appelbaum, Oakland, CA (US); Mario Landau-Holdsworth, Portland, OR (US); and Amber Case, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Evercharge Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by EVERCHARGE, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,337.
Application 17/703,337 is a continuation of application No. 16/929,642, filed on Jul. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,316,359.
Application 16/929,642 is a continuation of application No. 15/610,343, filed on May 31, 2017, granted, now 10,756,549, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 15/610,343 is a continuation of application No. 14/663,398, filed on Mar. 19, 2015, granted, now 9,685,798, issued on Jun. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/979,186, filed on Apr. 14, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/968,311, filed on Mar. 20, 2014.
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01)
CPC H02J 7/007 (2013.01) [B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/30 (2019.02); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); Y02E 60/00 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/167 (2013.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01); Y04S 30/12 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle charging system, comprising:
a first power manager that is located on a first level of a parking structure, the first power manager including a short-range wireless transceiver;
a second power manager that is located on a second level of the parking structure, the second power manager including a short-range wireless transceiver; and
a local electric vehicle charging mesh network configured to interconnect the short-range wireless transceiver of the first power manager and the short-range wireless transceiver of the second power manager,
wherein:
the first power manager is configured to receive first data packets that are transmitted by the second power manager on the local electric vehicle charging mesh network;
the second power manager is configured to receive second data packets that are transmitted by the first power manager on the local electric vehicle charging mesh network
each of the first power manager and the second power manager includes a storage unit that is configured to store change events, and wherein the local electric vehicle charging mesh network is configured to transmit the change events among the first power manager and the second power manager;
each of the first power manager and the second power manager is configured to store, in the storage unit, a history of the change events;
each of the first power manager and the second power manager is configured to predict future events based at least on the history of the change events and a set of heuristics; and
the set of heuristics includes a maximum amount of installed power for a given location and a built-in buffer for adhering to government code.