Patent ID: 11890951
Assignee: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 11:
12. A charging system comprising:
an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging station including:
an alternating current (AC) power input;
a plurality of direct current (DC) power modules coupled to the AC power input;
a master controller;
a communications hub; and
a plurality of outputs, each output associated with one DC power module of the plurality of DC power modules and having a DC vehicle power output, a communications output, and a DC dispenser power output; and

a plurality of dispenser chains, one dispenser of each dispenser chain being electrically couplable to a respective DC power module of the plurality of DC power modules, each dispenser chain including a plurality of dispensers that are electrically couplable with each other in series and with the respective DC power module through the one dispenser and that are configured to dispense electrical power, each of the plurality of dispensers being controllable such that the electrical power is dispensable by only one dispenser in its dispenser chain at a time;
wherein each of the plurality of dispensers comprises a controller, a power outlet, and a switch controlled by the controller, the controller and switch being configured to, responsive to communication received from a separate master controller coupled to the controller of each of the plurality of dispensers, either provide all the electrical power from the respective DC power module to the respective power outlet or pass all the electrical power from the respective DC power module to another of the plurality of dispensers in the dispenser chain of the plurality of dispenser chains electrically couplable to the respective DC power module.