Charging System for Electric Vehicles

Abstract

Various systems are provided for charging electric vehicles. The systems may include a power transformation module in electrical communication with a power supply, any number of charge nodes in electrical communication with the power transformation module via one or more power distribution lines, and any number of charge transfer devices, each in electrical communication with a power system of an electric vehicle. A charge node of a charge pad may be connected to a contact pad of a charge transfer device to transfer power from the charge node, through the charge transfer device, to the vehicle power system to thereby charge the vehicle.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A multi-vehicle electrical charging facility comprising:
 a plurality of charge nodes;   a power distribution module in electrical communication with each of the plurality of charge nodes;   a power transformer in electrical communication with the power distribution module and in electrical communication with a utility grid transformer, wherein the power transformer is configured to transform electrical energy received from the utility grid transformer to a form compatible with the power distribution module;   a plurality of conditioning modules, each of the plurality of charge nodes having one of the plurality of conditioning modules, wherein the conditioning module conditions the electrical energy of the power distribution module to a form suitable for receipt by a vehicle.   
     
     
         3 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 2 , wherein the power transform is configured to output high voltage direct current of up to about 10,000 volts DC. 
     
     
         4 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 3 , wherein the power transformer is configured to received 480 V AC from the utility grid transformer. 
     
     
         5 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 2 , wherein each condition module is configured to output a high voltage direct current of between about 300 and 1000 volts DC. 
     
     
         6 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 5 , wherein each condition module is configured to output about 450 kW of power. 
     
     
         7 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 2 , wherein each charge node is embedded within a roadway. 
     
     
         8 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 7 , further comprising at least one charge transfer device, the charge transfer device mounted in a vehicle and configured for electrical communication with one of the plurality of charge nodes to charge one or more batteries of the vehicle. 
     
     
         9 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 8 , further comprising an MC system, the MC system in communication with a plurality of MC subsystems, wherein each of the power transformer, power distribution module, plurality of charge nodes, and charge transfer device is in communication with at least one of the MC subsystems, wherein the MC system is configured to remotely monitor and control operating parameters of the power transformer, power distribution module, the plurality of charge nodes and the at least one charge transfer device via the plurality of MC subsystems. 
     
     
         10 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 9 , where the MC system is configured to monitor one or more of voltage, current, frequency, inductance, resistance between one or more of the power transformer, power distribution module, plurality of charge nodes, and charge transfer device. 
     
     
         11 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 10 , wherein the MC system communicates with the vehicle in which the charge transfer device is mounted with a vehicle-specified communications protocol. 
     
     
         12 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 11 , wherein the MC system and MC subsystems communicate via a communication unit. 
     
     
         13 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 12 , wherein the communication unit include one or more of keyboards, touchscreens, pointing devices, cameras, video recorders, microphones, radio frequency ID (“RFID”) receivers, near field communication (“NFC”) receivers, Bluetooth receivers, Bluetooth Low Energy (“BLE”) receivers, GPS sensors, WIFI receivers, cellular receivers, and ZIGBEE receivers. 
     
     
         14 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 12 , wherein the communication unit include one or more of RFID transmitters, NFC transmitters, Bluetooth transmitters, BLE transmitters, cellular antennae, WIFI transmitters, ZIGBEE transmitters, Ethernet transceivers, monitors, displays, LEDs, speakers, and vibration motors. 
     
     
         15 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 12 , wherein the communications units of the MC system and MC subsystems communicate via a CAN connection. 
     
     
         16 . The multi-vehicle electrical charging facility of  claim 2 , wherein the charge nodes are configured to charge one or more of trucks, cars, buses, forklifts, autonomous vehicles, drones, motorcycles, and trams.