Heated charge port and associated heating method
US10576825B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T90/14
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a power converter, a charge port assembly, and a thermal conduit that conveys thermal energy from the power converter to the charge port assembly. A charge port heating method includes, among other things, generating thermal energy with a power converter of a vehicle, and directing the thermal energy from the power converter to a charge port assembly using a thermal conduit.
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