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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:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2022
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/00 (2018.12); B60L 53/16 (2018.12); B60S 1/62 (2005.12); H01R 13/629 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/62 (2012.12); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); H01R 13/62905 (2012.12);
Abstract
An embodiment device includes a housing, an actuator mounted in the housing, the actuator configured to be operated in response to a connection state of a charging plug, a drive shaft configured to be rotated in conjunction with an operation of the actuator, a lever arm rotatably provided outside the housing and connected to the drive shaft to be rotated together with the drive shaft, and a brush unit seated on the lever arm and configured to remove debris between the housing and the lever arm while being in contact with the housing during operation of the lever arm.