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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Christopher Hugo Van Dyke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Ira Kohn, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vineet Haresh Mehta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Troy A. Nergaard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Hugo Van Dyke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Ira Kohn, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vineet Haresh Mehta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Troy A. Nergaard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A contamination cleaner for a socket of a charging connector used with a charging station for an electric vehicle wherein the charging connector mates to a charging coupler of the electric vehicle during charging includes a housing mechanically configured generally similarly to the charging coupler enabling the housing to mechanically mate to the charging connector; and a cleaning contact, coupled to the housing and complementary to the socket, for engaging the socket and removing surface contaminants from the socket whenever the housing mechanically mates to the charging connector.