Automated mechanical parking structure with electric vehicle charging device

A mechanized parking structure comprises:

• i) a plurality of vehicle carrying pallets;
• ii) a plurality of parking stalls in which the vehicle carrying pallets are stored,
• iii) a pallet moving mechanism that moves the vehicle carrying pallet into a designated parking stall;
• and
• iv) a plurality of electric charging devices;
• wherein the electric charging device comprises:
• a) a pallet-side electric contact device;
• b) a stall-side electric contact device wherein the stall-side electric contact device engages with the pallet-side electric contact device when the vehicle carrying pallet is stored in the parking stall whereby electric circuit is established;
• wherein at least part of the vehicle carrying pallets comprise the pallet-side electric contact device and at least part of the parking stalls comprise electric power supply that is connected to the stall-side electric contact device;
• wherein a plurality of physical contacts are established between the pallet-side electric contact device and the stall side electric contact device thereby establishing the electric circuit;
• wherein the stall-side electric contact device comprises a plurality of contact segments;
• wherein the physical contacts are established by the movement of the vehicle carrying pallet into the designated parking stall and broken by the movement of the vehicle carrying pallet out of the designated parking stall;
• and
• wherein the pallet-side electric contact device comprises a plurality of contact segments that correspond to the plurality of the contact segments of the stall-side electric contact device, an electric plug that is adapted to be plugged into an electric vehicle, and an electric cord that electrically connects the electric plug and the plurality of the contact segments of the pallet side electric contact device.