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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Hun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Cheol-hoi Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Ji-hoon Choi, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 5/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/57 (2019.01); B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/57 (2019.02); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/35 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are a charger and a method of charging an electric vehicle. A main body of the charger includes a plurality of sub main bodies coupled to each other to transform its shape. The charger with the main body having a first shape moves toward the electric vehicle, and is then transformed to have a second shape. The first shape refers to a shape allowing the main body to be movable on a ground, and the second shape refers to a shape making the main body occupy a smaller surrounding area of the electric vehicle than the first shape. The electric vehicle is charged as connected to the charger having the second shape. The charger does not obstruct traffic of other vehicles because its size is reduced during charging.


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