Portable charging cable with in-line controller

US9156362B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AeroVironment, 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: Apr 8, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2032

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.