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Battery charging apparatus for electric vehicles

US6157162A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 1999
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T90/16
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When a feeding coupler is pressed by a receiving coupler, the feeding coupler is disengaged by a first engaging member of a fixing mechanism so as to be displaceable along an electric vehicle, and also disengaged by a second engaging member of the fixing mechanism so as to be angularly movable with respect to a displacing mechanism. The feeding mechanism then engages the receiving coupler, and starts charging the battery on the electric vehicle.

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