Patent ID: 9573478
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B60L,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. An adapter to double available charging handles for an electric vehicle charging station, comprising: an adapter controller configured to electrically connect to a charging port of an electric vehicle charging station, the adapter controller being further configured to electrically connect to two electric vehicle charging handles configured to charge two electric vehicles; a charge sharing control circuit in the adapter controller, coupled to two electric vehicle control pilot connectors in two electric vehicle charging handles and coupled to a charging station control pilot socket in the charging port of the electric vehicle charging station, the charge sharing control circuit being configured to determine a modified available charging rate to be offered to each of the two electric vehicles, for sharing power by simultaneously charging the two electric vehicles, based on connection states of the two electric vehicles to the electric vehicle charging handles and based on an available charging rate offered by the charging station; and the adapter controller being configured to transmit to each of the two electric vehicles, a charging rate offer representing the determined modified available charging rate.