US 12,134,326 B2
Charging station power sharing system and method
Christopher S. Poulsen, San Francisco, CA (US); Trent C. Warnke, Novi, MI (US); and Michael P. Slattery, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/071,453.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118863 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/10 (2019.02) [B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle charging system comprising:
a power cabinet having at least two direct current (DC) power outputs switchably coupled with a number of DC power modules which does not exceed a number of the DC power outputs, the DC power modules comprising a first DC power module having a first charging rate and a second DC power module having a second charging rate, different from the first charging rate;
a power cabinet controller configured to:
receive, for a first electric vehicle at the charging system, a charging completion time;
determine, based on the charging completion time, a charging rate for the first electric vehicle;
select, based on the charging rate, the first DC power module to charge the first electric vehicle;
control delivery of electrical power to each of the at least two DC power outputs individually; and
a processor in communication with the controller and configured to receive information related to authorizing delivery of electrical power to at least one of the at least two DC power outputs, the delivery of electrical power including a power level and a duration for each of the at least two DC power outlets.