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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Westfall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hannah Bailey, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jacob Mathews, Superior Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/35 (2019.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/60 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/35 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); H01R 13/60 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle charging station includes a shroud configured to guide a vehicle charge plug that is lowered from a vehicle toward a charge connector as the vehicle moves toward the charging station. The vehicle charge plug and the charge connector have contacts arranged on a connector face that is generally perpendicular to a surface on which the vehicle charging station rests.