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Device and procedure for recharging electric vehicles

US5684379A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 1995
Grant dateNov 4, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY04S30/14
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and a procedure for recharging of a electric vehicle's (25) energy storage units (20, 21). The device includes a charging unit (15) for conversion of mains distributed electrical energy to an for the vehicle's storage units adapted electrical energy. The device also includes means (17) for measuring features of the mains distributed electrical energy, means (18) to detect recharging needs in the vehicle storage units (20, 21) and a control unit (16) for controlling the charging unit (15), which is dependent on input data from the measuring means (17) and the detecting means (18). Owing to that the mains distributed electrical energy's features are measured, that the recharging needs in the vehicle storage units (20, 21) are detected and that the recharging is directed dependent on input data from the measuring means (17) and detecting means (18), the recharging process can be adapted to the features of the available electric power and to charging requirements in the vehicle storage units.

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