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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Charles Weber, Toledo, OH (US);
Brad Alan Ignaczak, Canton, MI (US);
Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Christopher W. Bell, Livonia, MI (US);
Emil G. Serban, Livonia, MI (US);
Hannah Bailey, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Westfall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle charging system includes a vehicle charge port having a first connector with one or more first magnets and a plurality of first terminals arranged in a first array. A charge station for the vehicle includes a support and a second connector attached to the support by an articulating mechanism that permits movement of the second connector relative to the support. The second connector has one or more second magnets and a plurality of second terminals arranged in a second array that matches the first array so that the first terminals are connectable to the second terminals when the first and second connectors aligned. The first and second magnets are arranged to move the second terminals, via the articulating mechanism, into alignment with first terminals when the first and second connectors are within a magnetic-coupling range.