Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

UniversitÈ Laval

David E Milburn

Dalong Gao

Clement M Gosselin

Matthew J Reiland

Thierry Laliberte

Simon Foucault

Andrew J Farah

Boris Mayer-St-Onge

Neil David McKay

Alexandre Lecours

Marc-Antoine Lacasse

Linda Y Harkenrider

Barbara A Carter

A robotic charging station for charging a battery of an electric vehicle includes a base plate, a riser coupled with the base plate and extending substantially transverse to the base plate, and a robotic arm. The robotic arm extends from the riser and supports an end effector. The end effector includes a plurality of electrical contacts configured to couple with a receptacle disposed on the electric vehicle. The robotic arm is configured to move the end effector in three degrees of motion.

Robotically operated vehicle charging station

An electrical charging system is provided, and includes a voltage supply and a conductive coupling element. The conductive coupling element includes a pilot circuit, a resistance element, a light-emitting diode ('LED'), and a switching element. The pilot circuit has a primary control contact and a ground contact. The pilot circuit is configured to be in communication with and receive voltage from the voltage supply. The pilot circuit is configured for supplying a control pilot voltage. The resistance element is electrically connected to the ground contact. The resistance element includes a resistance value. The LED is electrically connected to the resistance element and the ground contact, and has a forward voltage drop. The switching element is actuated to selectively connect the resistance element and the LED element to the primary control contact.

Courtesy light for an electrical charging system

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Highland, MI, United States of America

David E Milburn