Power cable and system for delivering electrical power
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorHendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock
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Abstract
A power cable is presented. The power cable includes a power link. The power cable further includes an enclosure coupled to the power link, where the enclosure is partially open. Moreover, the power cable includes a contactor disposed at least partially within the enclosure and electrically coupled to the power link, where the contactor is configured to be connected to a receiver such that an open end of the enclosure forms a fluid-tight coupling with the receiver and a cavity is defined between the enclosure and the receiver. A system including the power cable and a method for controlling a supply of an electrical power are also presented.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of a fluid-tight seal formed between an enclosure and a charging port of a vehicle;
- pressurizing a fluid within a cavity defined at least in part by the enclosure and the charging port;
- sensing a pressure of the fluid within the cavity;
- determining a voltage to be applied to a receiver based at least in part on the pressure of the fluid;
- and
- supplying the voltage to the receiver.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of a fluid-tight seal formed by an enclosure and a charging port of a vehicle, wherein the enclosure at least partially defines a cavity at least partially surrounding a contactor;
- adjusting a pressure of a fluid within the cavity;
- sensing the pressure of the fluid within the cavity;
- determining a voltage to be applied to a receiver via the contactor based at least in part on the pressure of the fluid;
- and
- supplying the voltage to the receiver.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of a fluid-tight seal formed between an enclosure and a charging port of a vehicle;
- supplying a pressurized fluid to a cavity at least partially defined by the enclosure and the charging port;
- sensing a pressure of the pressurized fluid within the cavity;
- determining a voltage to be applied to a receiver based at least in part on the pressure of the pressurized fluid;
- and
- supplying the voltage to the receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.