Abb E-Mobility B.v.

Abb Schweiz Ag

Pedram Kheiri

Francisco Garcia-Ferre

Lilian Kaufmann

Stefan Raaijmakers

Wiebe Zoon

Jaroslav Hemrle

Elise Fahy

A contact element for an electric vehicle (EV) connector that is configured to connect a charging wire to a connector interface on a vehicle side includes a front part and at least one base. The front part comprises walls having an inner and an outer side that enclose a hollow chamber, which is partly filled with a fluid, and the inner side of the walls are designed having a capillary structure.

Contact element for an EV connector with capillary fluid cooling

A contact element arrangement for an electric vehicle (EV) connector configured to connect a charging wire to a connector interface on vehicle-side includes a contact element and a heat pipe. The contact element comprises a base portion to which a charging wire is connected and a contact portion, which is adapted to contact a counter contact element on a vehicle side. The base portion is cooled by a fluid, and the heat pipe extends from the contact portion to the base portion and is configured to carry heat from the contact portion to the base portion.

Contact element arrangement for an EV connector

The present invention relates to an electric vehicle charging connector () comprising an external enclosure () configured to receive and guide a cable () from a back () end to a front end () of the electric vehicle charging connector () and to enclose a compartment () in the front end accommodating power contacts, wherein the electric vehicle charging connector () further comprises an active cooling element ().

Electric vehicle charging connector with active cooling

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Pedram Kheiri