US 12,128,779 B2
Methods, devices, and system for group electric vehicle (EV) charging event
Oleg Logvinov, Weston, CT (US); Kimberly Sarubbi, Brentwood, TN (US); and Adrian Weidmann, Deephaven, MN (US)
Assigned to IoTecha Corp., Cranbury, NJ (US)
Filed by IoTecha Corp., Cranbury, NJ (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,008.
Application 18/045,008 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/077773, filed on Oct. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,696, filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113027 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01); B60L 53/51 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01)
CPC B60L 53/305 (2019.02) [B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/51 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for facilitating an electric vehicle (EV) group charging event, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of EV chargers configured to be coupled with an energy source; and
a computing device coupled with the plurality of EV chargers, wherein:
the plurality of EV chargers are configured to simultaneously charge a plurality of EVs associated with a plurality of EV users;
the apparatus is a mobile apparatus;
the computing device is configured to be communicatively coupled to a server over a wide area network (WAN);
the server is configured for determining a first EV user to invite to the EV group charging event based on user data received from a plurality of home-based EV chargers over the WAN, wherein the user data comprises EV energy usage; and
the computing device is further configured for controlling the plurality of EV chargers based on the user data.