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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
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);
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);
AeroVironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
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.