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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Gad Amit, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inbal Etgar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chadwick John Harber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Massucco, Oakland, CA (US);
Gad Amit, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inbal Etgar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chadwick John Harber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Massucco, Oakland, CA (US);
Better Place GmbH, Zug, CH;
Abstract
The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical connector has a blade shaped housing attached to a power cord that extends to the power supplying device. The blade shaped housing has a substantially rigid end portion with an electrical interface configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on the power receiving device. The blade shaped housing also has a handle portion made of a substantially flexible material such which is configured to flex about the rigid end portion along an arc in a single plane. As such, the flexible handle can absorb impacts it receives rather than transferring them to the rigid and breakable electrical interface components.