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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Stefan Götz, Forstern, DE;
David Köhler, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Steve Zander, Marbach am Neckar, DE;
Jari Rönfanz, Stuttgart, DE;
Volker Reber, Michelbach an der Bilz, DE;
Michael Kiefer, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A sensor for identifying a mechanical deformation of a housing of a charging column configured to charge an electrical energy store of an electrically driven vehicle. The sensor includes an elongated arm having a first end portion arranged in the longitudinal orientation and a second end portion opposite the first end portion in the longitudinal orientation. The arm is connected at its first end portion to a base of the charging column and runs in the longitudinal orientation approximately parallel to a part of the charging column that is sensitive to deformations of the housing, in particular to a side wall of the housing. An electrical probe element is arranged on the second end portion of the arm. An activation element is connected to the part of the charging column that is sensitive to deformations of the housing and is configured to activate the electrical probe element.