发明名称 Systems Providing Electric Vehicles with Access to Exchangeable Batteries
摘要 Electric vehicles that use replaceable and exchangeable batteries, applications for communicating with a service that provides access to kiosks of batteries, and methods and systems for finding charged batteries, reserving batteries, and paying for use of the batteries, are disclosed. One example is a system that includes at least one server that is capable of communication with a plurality of kiosks. Each kiosk is configured to hold one or more rechargeable batteries and dispense batteries to user with user accounts. The system manages inventory at the kiosks, enables payment for use or charges a user's account, enables locating of kiosks with batteries proximate to a user's vehicle location and optionally enables users to reserve batteries. The system provides access to the network of kiosks and information regarding battery availability via applications, such as smartphone applications, tablets, connected commuters and/or computers of a vehicle.
申请公布号 US2015321571(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.11.12
申请号 US201514801803 申请日期 2015.07.16
申请人 Penilla Angel A.;Penilla Albert S. 发明人 Penilla Angel A.;Penilla Albert S.
分类号 B60L11/18;G06Q20/18;G06Q50/06;G06Q10/02 主分类号 B60L11/18
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A system for providing charge units usable to supply charge to a main battery of an electric vehicle, comprising: (a) an auxiliary battery for holding a plurality of charge units, the auxiliary battery being connectable to the main battery of the electric vehicle, the plurality of charge units being rechargeable and being replaceable from the auxiliary battery, such that replacing particular ones of the plurality of charge units with charge units with more charge increases a total charge of the auxiliary battery; and (b) a kiosk for storing a plurality of charge units, the kiosk having, (i) slots for storing and recharging the plurality of charge units;(ii) control systems for communicating over a network, the control systems include logic for identifying inventory of charging units in the kiosk and logic for processing payments for charge units provided and/or received in the slots of the kiosk; and(iii) a display providing information regarding transactions with the kiosk; (c) a processing server that communicates over a network with, (i) the control systems of the kiosk, the kiosk being one of a plurality of kiosks, the processing server configured to provide for centralized changes to a price to charge for the charge units at each of the plurality of kiosks, wherein the price of the charge units at each of the plurality of kiosks is adjusted based on at least one of a plurality of metrics including availability at particular ones of the plurality of kiosks or discounts to incentivize exchanging charge units at specific kiosks, and(ii) a plurality of user accounts, the user accounts provided with access to information regarding one or more of the plurality of kiosks, the information including availability information of charge units at the one or more of the plurality of kiosks, wherein each of the kiosks having an associated geo-location.
地址 Sacramento CA US