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Charging device for charging an electric vehicle at a charging station

US9725002B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Siegfried Hauptenbuchner · Halver, DE
Thomas Scherer · Saarlouis, DE
Georg Schroeder · Drolshagen, DE
Matthias Schubert · Rendsburg, DE
Joerg Welschholz · Herscheid, DE
Roland Drees · Kürten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 2015
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/12
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A charging system for charging an electric vehicle at a charging station includes a charge module at the charging station and a charge module at the vehicle. The charge modules include electric contact elements which can be interconnected together. The charging system includes an automatic positioning device configured to move the charging station charge module relative to the vehicle charge module to align and join the charge modules together. The charging system includes an automatic feed device configured to enable the contact elements of the charging station charge module to connect to the contact elements of the vehicle charge module when the charge modules are joined together. The contact elements of the charge modules are configured such that the contact elements can connect to each other without overriding a contact force.

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