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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2023
Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
David Bruce Sarraf, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Nathan Philip Myer, Lancaster, PA (US);
Ladislaus Kehl, Ottobrunn, DE;
Christopher R. Raybold, Middletown, PA (US);
Ram Kishore Venkatesan, Walkertown, NC (US);
Hunter C. Mitchell, Kernersville, NC (US);
Abstract
A vehicle charging system includes a housing having a mating end for mating with a charging component for the electric vehicle. The vehicle charging system includes a DC charging terminal held in a cavity of the housing and having a mating end for mating with the charging component. The vehicle charging system includes a charging controller for controlling vehicle charging. The vehicle charging system includes an arc sensor in the internal cavity configured to detect an arc event at the mating end of the DC charging terminal. The arc sensor is operably coupled to the charging controller to control the vehicle charging when the arc event is detected.