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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Saivaraprasad Murahari, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Barton Kirk Ideker, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Assignee:
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); G06K 19/041 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
A connector for use in charging an electric vehicle (EV). The connector includes a housing, an electrical receptacle coupled to the housing and structured to be inserted into and electrically couple with a charging port of the electric vehicle, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader disposed within or on the housing of the connector, the RFID reader structured to read RFID tags and, in response to reading an approved code from an RFID tag, to enable charging of the EV.