Automatic electric vehicle charging device
US11718195B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T90/14
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A charging device autonomously charges an electric vehicle. The charging device includes: a main body and an arm coupled to the main body. The main body is controllably moveable, and the arm is controllably extendable and retractable in a longitudinal direction. A charging plug is included at a distal end of the arm. The charging plug is controllably moveable and insertable into a charging portal of the electric vehicle. The arm comprises: a rigid chain, the rigid chain being compliant in a first direction from a neutral axis and resistant in an opposite second direction past the neutral axis, or at least one scissor arm.
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