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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicants:
Wendell David Williams, Waterford, MI (US);
Gary J Burlak, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Inventors:
Wendell David Williams, Waterford, MI (US);
Gary J Burlak, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 3/0069 (2013.01); B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1824 (2013.01); B60L 11/1842 (2013.01); B60L 2230/12 (2013.01); Y02E 60/721 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
An AC power adapter for a plug-in electric vehicle has a connector for reception in a charging port of the plug-in electric vehicle, at least one AC outlet coupled to the connector and command generation circuitry coupled to the connector for generating a command that causes the plug-in electric vehicle to put itself into a power feedback mode wherein AC power generated by the plug-in electric vehicle and provided to its charging port is coupled through the connector to the AC outlet.