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US 11,230,203 B2Granted
Selective illumination of charging port status indicators for an electrified vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLila Ghannam, Matt DeDona, Jered Dziadosz, Toussaint Carpenter
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to selective illumination of charging port status indicators for an electrified vehicle. An example electrified vehicle includes a charging port configured to couple to a plug, a charging port status indicator configured to selectively illuminate to indicate a charging status of the charging port, and a controller configured to instruct the charging port status indicator to illuminate when data is transmitted via the charging port. A method is also disclosed.
Claims20
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a charging port configured to couple to a plug of an electrified vehicle charging station;
- a charging port status indicator configured to selectively illuminate to indicate a charging status of the charging port;
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- a controller configured to instruct the charging port status indicator to illuminate when data is transmitted between the electrified vehicle charging station and the electrified vehicle via the charging port.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- illuminating a charging port status indicator associated with a charging port of an electrified vehicle when data is transmitted between the electrified vehicle and an electrified vehicle charging station via the charging port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.