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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Applicant:
SL Corporation, Daegu, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SL Corporation, Daegu, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60K 15/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60K 15/05 (2013.01); B60K 2015/053 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0538 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging port door is provided. The charging port door includes a door panel for opening and closing a charging housing that accommodates a charging port therein, an optical unit included within the door panel for irradiating light to an exterior of the door panel, and a controller for controlling the optical unit. In particular, the controller is configured to control the optical unit in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, the predetermined condition including at least one of open/closed status of the door panel, charging status, driving state, detection of a driver, or detection of a motion of an external object.