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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Cecil Rivers, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Cecil Rivers, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10); B60W 10/24 (2006.01); H02J 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0032 (2013.01); H02J 7/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging device configured to receive power from a power source is described. The charging device includes a motion detection device configured to provide a signal corresponding to a motion of the charging device. The charging device also includes a system controller communicatively coupled to the motion detection device and configured to determine if the motion of the charging device has exceeded a predefined limit.