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https://drivepatents.com/patents/991285 · 1 May 2013
A program update device 1 that is provided in a vehicle in which a battery can be charged from the outside and updates a software program used in the vehicle includes a charging time acquiring unit 14 that acquires the charging time of the battery, an upda...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/985163 · 3 Apr 2013
Provided is an electric vehicle charging apparatus, and more particularly, an electric vehicle charging apparatus that periodically transmits a consumed amount of power to a cost claim server, so as to claim a cost per unit time. The charging apparatus inc...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/985134 · 3 Apr 2013
One embodiment provides a charge/discharge instruction apparatus, including: a charge/discharge instruction unit which instructs a charge/discharge determination apparatus to perform a charge/discharge control of a battery; a charge/discharge information s...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/985386 · 27 Mar 2013
The present description refers to a computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system to determine a plurality of electric charging schedules for one or more electric vehicles, determine, for each of the electric charging schedules...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997102 · 17 Oct 2012
A charging device (104) for use with an electric vehicle (102) including a power storage device (106) includes a power delivery system (214) configured to deliver power to the power storage device. The charging device also includes a controller (200) coupl...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997587 · 3 Oct 2012
The power supply column has a support (10), a U-shaped channel section (11) with an integrated control panel (15), terminals for connection of power lines and/or data lines, and a base element. The housing (30) has side elements (37), cover plate (31), and...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998382 · 12 Sep 2012
An electric vehicle charging system (20) includes a plurality of electric vehicle charging apparatus (30) coupled to, and configured to receive electric power from, a distribution transformer (62). The electric vehicle charging system also includes a centr...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998386 · 12 Sep 2012
A monitoring system for use with a charging station (106) is provided. The monitoring system is configured to couple to a battery (110) to be charged, receive at least one input from a user of an electric vehicle (107), determine a charging status of the b...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1000212 · 18 Jul 2012
A charging apparatus holding an added value besides a charging function is provided. The charging apparatus 10 for charging electric power supplied from a power source to a charging target includes a station section 30 configured to supply the electric pow...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1001371 · 13 Jun 2012
An electric vehicle charging-control system includes a charge-monitoring device coupled with a battery system of an electric vehicle, a processor coupled with the charge-monitoring device, and a communication interface coupled with the processor. The charg...