US 11,014,463 B2 · EVSE cable management system with ADA assist

Abstract

A cable management system for an overhead EVSE employs a lever-latch on the EV connector. A controller and motor mechanism is employed to lower the connector to an ADA compliant position or a pre-established height which is typically four feet. For an overhead system which employs a shuttle which slides along a track, the connector may then be grasped to pull the shuttle to a selected position along the track. The latch is depressible to extend the service cable to the connector so that the connector may be positioned and connected at the EV inlet. When the connector is unlatched from the EV inlet, the latch may be depressed to retract the connector to the pre-established height or ADA position. The latch requires a force of less than 5 lbs. for activation.

Claims14

Dependent claims

An EVSE comprising:

a retractable and extendable cable with an EV connector;
a motorized mechanism for extending and retracting said cable
a controller which controls said motorized mechanism and implements a home position and an ADA assist position of said EV connector;
a latch on said EV connector which is pressable to activate a switch which transmits a first signal to said controller that forces the cable and EV connector to extend away from a pre-established height until the connector is connected to an EV charging inlet or the switch is deactivated and the latch is released, and the latch is subsequently pressed and the latch released, and upon disconnecting the EV connector from the charging inlet, the switch is deactivated to transmit a second signal to said controller to retract the cable to a position wherein said EV connector is at the home position or the ADA assist position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/997,115Filed 4 Jun 2018 · continuation

Priority

10 Jul 2014

Published

US 2018/0272880 A127 Sep 2018

Granted

25 May 2021

Term ends

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Classification18 codes

B60L 53/30
Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of…:…
B60L 3/04
Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy…:…
B60L 53/16
Conductive energy transfer: connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
B60L 53/18
Conductive energy transfer: cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles

Family

Application62/022,844Us provisional application · filed 10 Jul 2014

PCT/US2015/039684Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Jul 2015

Application15/192,253Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Jun 2016

Application15/613,829Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Jun 2017

Application62/515,770Us provisional application · filed 6 Jun 2017

US 2018/0272880 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Sep 2018

US 9,950,634 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application15/613,829Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application14/915,717Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 9,908,422 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2016/0207408 A1Published application

US 2017/0129351 A1Published application

US 2017/0267114 A1Published application

US 11,014,463 B2This patent

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EVSE cable management system with ADA assist

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EVSE cable management system with ADA assist

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Abstract

Claims14