Electric vehicle docking connector with embedded EVSE controller

US9308825B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AeroVironment, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Larry Hayashigawa · Downey, US
• Albert Joseph Flack · Lake Arrowhead, US
• Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV · Marietta, US
• David Paul Soden · Mission Viejo, US
• Scott Berman · Los Angeles, US
• Ronald Lee Norton · Graham, US
• Michael Thomas Zevin · Valencia, US
• Michael M. Bissonette · Irvine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S30/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) kit or system includes a docking connector having a docking head engagable with the charging port of an electric vehicle and a barrel or handle fixed to the docking head and having a barrel electrical connector. An EVSE controller is embedded within the docking connector. An electric power cable has a first connector for engaging the barrel electrical connector and a second connector at an opposite end of the cable for connection to an electrical utility receptacle. The embedded EVSE controller enables the docking connector to function as an EVSE unit.