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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael John Harmon, Westland, MI (US);
Tithal Bhandari, Streamwood, IL (US);
Hussain Z Tajmahal, Detroit, MI (US);
Yejin Han, Detroit, MI (US);
Ryan Warner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rachel Williams, Fremont, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A charging station includes a charging head and a plurality of electrical connectors. The charging head is slidable along a track and rotatable along an axis. The plurality of electrical connectors is secured to the charging head and is disposed radially about the axis. Each of the electrical connectors have a different profile and are configured to engage an electrical port of an electric vehicle having a matching profile to charge the battery of the electric vehicle. The charging head is configured to slide along the track and rotate along the axis to align each of the electrical connectors with a corresponding electrical port. Each of the electrical connectors is configured to advance from and retract to the charging head to engage and disengage the corresponding electrical port.