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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas D. Geist, Knoxville, TN (US);
Doni J. Nastasi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); B60L 53/35 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/35 (2019.02); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); B60L 53/11 (2019.02);
Abstract
An electrical connector apparatus that magnetically aligns electrical contacts in a suspended magnetic connector with mating electrical contacts in a vehicle magnetic connector and holds the connectors together during an electric vehicle charging process.