US 12,434,587 B2
Charging station
Maurice Neligan, Munich (DE); and Markus Ostermeier, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Jolt Energy GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/907,298
Filed by Jolt Energy GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/058349
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/198287, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20166977 (EP), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110777 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/62 (2019.02) [B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/30 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/443 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging station for charging a vehicle battery of at least one electrically powered vehicle connected to said charging station by means of a pluggable charging connector adapted to transfer in a charging process electrical power from said charging station to the vehicle battery, wherein the charging station comprises:
a charging controller,
a medium temperature adjustment unit,
the pluggable charging connector and a charging cable, wherein the charging cable includes a medium feedline, and
at least one controllable valve, wherein the controllable valve is provided in the charging cable or is integrated in the pluggable charging connector, wherein the at least one controllable valve (8A) is controlled by the charging controller (1C),
wherein the controllable valve of said charging station is openable before, during and/or after said charging process to supply a medium with a suitable temperature into a battery conditioning unit of the vehicle to optimize the temperature of the vehicle battery for the charging process,
wherein the medium temperature adjustment unit is adapted to adjust the medium temperature of the medium to the suitable temperature before supplying the medium via the opened controllable valve of the charging station to the battery conditioning unit of the vehicle,
wherein the charging station includes a first communication interface for providing communication between the charging controller of the charging station and a battery management unit of the vehicle via the plugged-in charging connector of the charging station and a wireless second communication interface for providing wireless communication between the charging controller of the charging station and a battery management unit of a remote vehicle approaching the charging station, and
wherein the charging controller of the charging station is adapted to receive a wireless transferred reservation message from the battery management unit of the approaching vehicle, for processing the received reservation message and reserving a corresponding time slot for the future charging process of the approaching vehicle, wherein the charging controller is adapted to control the medium temperature adjustment unit of the charging station to adapt the temperature of the medium in advance before the approaching vehicle arrives at the charging station so that the medium with the suitable temperature is already available when the vehicle is connected to the charging station via the charging cable.