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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2012
Applicants:

Larry Hayashigawa, Downey, CA (US);

Albert Joseph Flack, Lake Arrowhead, CA (US);

Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, Iv, Pasadena, CA (US);

David Paul Soden, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Scott Berman, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Ronald Lee Norton, Monrovia, CA (US);

Michael Thomas Zevin, Valencia, CA (US);

Michael Bissonette, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Larry Hayashigawa, Downey, CA (US);

Albert Joseph Flack, Lake Arrowhead, CA (US);

Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV, Pasadena, CA (US);

David Paul Soden, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Scott Berman, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Ronald Lee Norton, Monrovia, CA (US);

Michael Thomas Zevin, Valencia, CA (US);

Michael Bissonette, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

AeroVironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 3/0023 (2013.01); B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1846 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); B60L 2230/12 (2013.01); B60L 2230/16 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); B60L 2240/527 (2013.01); B60L 2240/529 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A portable electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) kit or system includes a docking connector having a docking head engagable with the charging port of an electric vehicle and a barrel or handle fixed to the docking head and having a barrel electrical connector. An EVSE controller is embedded within the docking connector. An electric power cable has a first connector for engaging the barrel electrical connector and a second connector at an opposite end of the cable for connection to an electrical utility receptacle. The embedded EVSE controller enables the docking connector to function as an EVSE unit.


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