Portable charging cable with in-line controller

US11292344B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WEBASTO CHARGING SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• David Paul Soden · Mission Viejo, US
• Albert Joseph Flack · Lake Arrowhead, US
• Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV · Marietta, US
• Larry Hayashigawa · Downey, US
• Brendan Francis O'Donnell · San Clemente, US
• Francis Patrick Wong · Montebello, US
• Robert Barrosa · Glendora, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S30/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable electric vehicle support equipment (EVSE) unit is formed as a cord of plural insulated conductors and a flexible outer sheath enclosing said plural insulated conductors. The cord includes an EVSE docking connector on a docking end of the cord and a utility plug on a utility end of the cord, said cord being divided into a docking section terminated at said docking connector and a utility section terminated at said utility connector. The cord further includes an in-line EVSE controller and a housing enclosing said controller, said housing sealed with said flexible outer sheath and disposed at an intermediate section of said cord between said docking and utility sections.