Car Charging Group, a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has filed a utility patent application for an EV charging station with a toggle unit technology.
Previously, CarCharging had filed a provisional patent application for this innovative charging station.
The new EV charging station with a toggle unit technology the ability to charge multiple EVs successively without the insertion or removal of plugs during the charging process.
This functionality improves the charging process for EV drivers; increases the number of cars that can utilize the EV charging station; reduces the potential strain on the energy grid; and reduces the EV service equipment, network, and energy costs.
The new technology uses a toggle unit, processor and multiple plugs to optimize the EV station's efficiency.
Car Charging Group CEO Michael Farkas said: "We are confident that our EV station with toggle unit technology will enhance EV charging in various areas, including allowing EV drivers to plug in immediately and not have to come back to plug in their EV, which increases the number of electric cars that can utilize the station, and by reducing the costs associated with the equipment, the network, and the actual charging."
The toggle unit activates the charging current from the charging station to the first of multiple plugs attached to the charging station. The processor detects when charging is complete, then deactivates the first plug, and activates the next plug.
This allows multiple EVs to plug into the station simultaneously and charge each EV as the current becomes available. This novel design also reduces the internal components of current EV charging stations, thereby reducing equipment and network costs.
