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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Xiankai Song, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Terrence Zitkovic, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rodolfo Palma, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary charge port covering assembly includes a door assembly moveable between a covering position where the door assembly blocks access to a charge port, and an accessing position where the door assembly permits access to the charge port. A plurality of ring segments are configured to move to permit the door assembly to pivot from the covering position to the accessing position. An exemplary charge port covering method includes blocking access to a charge port using at least one door assembly in a covering position, and moving a charger toward a coupled position with the charge port to transition the at least one door assembly from the covering position to an accessing position.