Apparatus and method for controlling locking of a charging inlet of a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorTae Woo Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling locking of a charging inlet includes a charging inlet including an input device configured to be provided at a position where pressurization is determined based on a type of a connector of a charging cable and to be engaged with the connector, an on board charger (OBC) configured to generate an inlet unlocking signal when the input device is pressurized by the connector, and a controller configured to unlock the charging inlet when the inlet unlocking signal is received.
Claims20
An apparatus for controlling locking of a charging inlet, the apparatus comprising:
- the charging inlet including an input device configured to be provided at a position where pressurization is determined based on a type of a connector of a charging cable and to be engaged with the connector;
- an on board charger (OBC) configured to generate an inlet unlocking signal when the input device is pressurized by the connector;
- and
- a controller configured to unlock the charging inlet when the inlet unlocking signal is received,
- wherein the input device is pressurized when the connector of the charging cable is in contact with a plurality of DC charging pins of the charging inlet.
A method of controlling locking of a charging inlet, the method comprising:
- generating an inlet unlocking signal when the charging inlet including an input device provided at a position where pressurization is determined based on a type of a connector of a charging cable is engaged with the connector;
- and
- unlocking the charging inlet when the inlet unlocking signal is received,
- wherein the input device is pressurized when the connector of the charging cable is in contact with a plurality of DC charging pins of the charging inlet.
An apparatus comprising:
- a charging inlet;
- a plurality of AC charging pins within the charging inlet;
- a plurality of DC charging pins within the charging inlet;
- an input device within the charging inlet and adjacent the plurality of DC charging pins, wherein the input device is pressurized when a connector of a charging cable is in contact with the plurality of DC charging pins of the charging inlet;
- an on board charger (OBC) configured to generate an inlet unlocking signal when the input device is pressurized;
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- a controller configured to unlock the charging inlet when the inlet unlocking signal is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.