Overhead mobile charger system for reaching and charging electric vehicles parked in a pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces

Abstract

An overhead mobile charger system for reaching and charging electric vehicles parked in a pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces. The system includes a rail, a pair of trolleys, a single EV battery charger, and apparatus for electrically connecting the EV battery charger to a power source without impinging upon movement of the pair of trolleys along the rail. The rail mounts overhead of, and traverses, the pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces. The pair of trolleys are movably mounted along the rail and reach the electric vehicles parked in the pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces. The single EV battery charger is mounted to, and moves with, the pair of trolleys to charge the electric vehicles parked in the pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces.

Description

1. CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The instant non-provisional patent application claims priority from provisional patent application No. 61 / 399,490, filed on Jul. 13, 2010, for a CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEMS, and incorporated herein by reference thereto.2. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]A. Field of the Invention[0003]The embodiments of the present invention relate to an electric vehicle charging system, and more particularly, the embodiments of the present invention relate to an overhead mobile charger system for reaching and charging electric vehicles parked in a pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces.[0004]B. Description of the Prior Art[0005]The electric vehicle (“EV”) charging industry is coming of age. Currently, EV chargers can only service one parking spot at a time.[0006]Referring now to FIG. 1, which is a diagrammatic perspective view of a typical prior art EV charging station design, the typical prior art EV charging st...

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Benefits of technology

[0019]Thus, an object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide an overhead mobile charger system for reaching and charging electric vehicles parked in a pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces, which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.

Problems solved by technology

Furthermore, even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, nevertheless, they would not be suitable for the purposes of the present invention as heretofore described, namely, an overhead mobile charger system for reaching and charging electric vehicles parked in a pair of adjacent rows of side-by-side parking spaces.

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