Overcurrent and ground fault protection in a networked charging station for electric vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8072184
SERIAL NO

12986079

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A networked charging station for electric vehicles protects against overcurrent and ground fault conditions. Upon detecting an overcurrent condition or a ground fault condition, the networked charging station for electric vehicles de-energizes a charging point connection to prevent electric current from flowing between an electric vehicle and the networked charging station and suspends the charging session. The networked charging station clears the overcurrent condition or the ground fault condition upon receipt of an authorized request which is transmitted remotely. The authorized request can be received from the vehicle operator that is associated with the charging session or from an administrator of the charging station through a radio-frequency identifier (RFID) tag enabled device or through a text message or an email message. The networked charging station clears the overcurrent condition or the ground fault condition without a manual reset of a circuit breaker or a GFCI device respectively.

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MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST AS AGENT7255 WOODMONT AVE SUITE 200 BETHESDA MD 20814

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baxter, David Monte Sereno, US 76 2505
Bhade, Harjinder San Jose, US 34 1732
Lowenthal, Richard Cupertino, US 66 2671
Mandal, Praveen Los Altos Hills, US 36 1817
Tormey, Milton Los Altos, US 21 1229

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