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Patent No.:

US 10604027 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

May. 10, 2016

Electric vehicle automatic charging station

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Eli M. Dow, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

James P. Gilchrist, Milford, CT (US);

Brendan C. Lewis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Khaalid P. McMillan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Christopher J. Nycz, Wallkill, NY (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Michael O'Keefe

Primary Examiner:

David V Henze-Gongola

Assistant Examiner:

Tarikh Kanem Rankine

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/51 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/37 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/34 (2019.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/51 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/37 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0027 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/34 (2019.02); H02J 2007/0001 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0096 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7055 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y02T 90/169 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A structure is provided. The structure may include an alignment mechanism used to align an electric vehicle in a parking lane of an electric vehicle charging station, and a coupler assembly including an arm and a charging coupler located in the parking lane and positioned beneath the electric vehicle, the charging coupler is positioned at one end of the arm, and is moveable in a vertical direction relative to the parking lane, and another end of the arm is pivotally mounted in the parking lane, where the charging coupler includes one or more electrical contacts in a shape of a right conical frustum extending from the charging coupler in the vertical direction.

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