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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:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Bart Potts, Clemmons, NC (US);

Michael Pruden, Colfax, NC (US);

Hans Westerlind, Nol, SE;

Assignee:

VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); E05B 47/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/122 (2020.01); B60R 16/033 (2013.01); E05B 47/02 (2013.01); E05B 47/023 (2013.01); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H02J 1/082 (2020.01); H02J 7/0031 (2013.01); H02J 7/0034 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/00047 (2020.01); H02J 7/007182 (2020.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 7/00304 (2020.01); H02J 2310/46 (2020.01);
Abstract

A charging apparatus includes at least one housing including a compartment, an access door connected to the housing and covering the compartment, the access door being movable from an open position to a closed position, a releasable latching mechanism configured to latch the access door in the closed position, a charging terminal in the compartment, a voltage sensing terminal, and a door release circuit coupled to the voltage sensing terminal and to the releasable latching mechanisms and configured to sense a charging voltage applied to the voltage sensing terminal. The door release circuit is configured to selectively unlatch the releasable latching mechanism in response to a voltage within a predetermined voltage range being applied to the voltage sensing terminal.


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