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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jose Ramon Gachuz Navarro, Cuautitlan Izcalli, MX;
Alfonso Ortiz Espino, Cuautitlan Izcalli, MX;
Estefania Rojas Silva, Nicolás Romero, MX;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A charge cord management arrangement includes a retractable charge retainer and a charge cord wrapped at least partially around a plunger of that retractable charge cord retainer when that plunger is in a deployed position. The retractable charge cord retainer includes: (a) a base, (b) the plunger carried on the base and displaceable between a home position and a deployed position, (c) a biasing element received and held in the base and adapted to bias the plunger toward the deployed position and (d) a guide feature. The guide feature includes a guide track carried on the base and a guide follower. A related method of managing a charge cord is also disclosed.