18358349. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CHARGING STATION BASED DATA CENTER (Cisco Technology, Inc.)
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CHARGING STATION BASED DATA CENTER
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Inventor(s)
Chad M. Jones of Doylestown OH (US)
Joel Richard Goergen of Soulsbyville CA (US)
Robert Gregory Twiss of Chapel Hill NC (US)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CHARGING STATION BASED DATA CENTER
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18358349 titled 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CHARGING STATION BASED DATA CENTER
Original Abstract Submitted
A dual purpose electric charging station that includes a housing, a network interface configured to enable network communications and an electric charging interface configured to connect to an electric vehicle to charge a battery of the electric vehicle. The electric charging station further includes at least one server that is housed within the housing and includes at least one processor configured to perform one or more data center functions and a power module that distributes power to the electric charging interface and to the at least one server. Methods are also provided for a dual-purpose electric charging station that charges an electric vehicle and performs one or more functions of a cloud data center.
