# US 11,909,148 B2 · Cordset electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) with rotating plug blades > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,148 B2 - Document ID: US11909148B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/586,276 - Filed: 2022-01-27 - Published: 2023-07-27 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-27 - Assignees: Webasto Charging Systems, Inc. - Applicants: Webasto Charging Systems, Inc. - Inventors: Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909148B2 ## CPC - H01R 24/30: with additional earth or shield contacts - H01R 27/00: Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts ({for dissimilar contact members H01R13/35}; supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/90) - B60L 1/00: Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of vehicles (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00) - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - H01R 13/6683: {with built-in sensor} - H01R 29/00: Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, {programmable connectors} - H01R 2201/26: for vehicles - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ## Abstract Systems, devices, and methods including a cordset having a housing, the cordset comprising: a first rotatable blade, where the first rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; a second rotatable blade, where the second rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; and a fixed ground prong. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a cordset having a housing, the cordset comprising: a first rotatable blade, wherein the first rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; a second rotatable blade, wherein the second rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; an auxiliary contact connected to the second rotatable blade, wherein the auxiliary contact rotates with the second rotatable blade between the first vertical second blade position and the second horizontal second blade position; and a fixed ground prong. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the cordset further comprises: a first seal disposed about the first rotatable blade. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the cordset further comprises: a first wire connected to the first rotatable blade, wherein the first wire is at least one of: coiled, flexible, and rotatable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the cordset further comprises: a second seal disposed about the second rotatable blade. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the cordset further comprises: a second wire connected to the second rotatable blade, wherein the second wire is at least one of: coiled, flexible, and rotatable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the cordset further comprises: a set of contacts, wherein the set of contacts close when contacted by auxiliary contact when the second rotatable blade is in the second horizontal second blade position, and wherein the set of contacts open when not contacted by auxiliary contact when the second rotatable blade is in the first vertical second blade position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: an electronics, wherein the electronics are in communication with the first rotatable blade and the second rotatable blade. ### Claim 8 A The system comprising: a cordset having a housing, the cordset comprising: a first rotatable blade, wherein the first rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; a second rotatable blade, wherein the second rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; a fixed ground prong; a rotation sensor connected to the second rotatable blade; and a sensor pair, wherein the sensor pair is configured to determine a position of the rotation sensor as at least one of: the first vertical second blade position and the second horizontal second blade position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the rotation sensor is a Hall effect sensor and the sensor pair is a magnet. ### Claim 10 A The system comprising: a cordset having a housing, the cordset comprising: a first rotatable blade, wherein the first rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; a second rotatable blade, wherein the second rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; and an electronics, wherein the electronics are in communication with the first rotatable blade and the second rotatable blade, wherein the electronics are configured to recognize a plug type the cordset is connected to based on at least one of: a voltage between the first rotatable blade and the second rotatable blade, and a position of the second rotatable blade as the first vertical second blade position and the second horizontal second blade position. ### Claim 11 A method, comprising: rotating a first rotatable blade between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; detecting, via an electronics, a voltage between the first rotatable blade and a second rotatable blade of a cordset; and providing, via the electronics, at least one of: a first amperage and voltage charge and a second amperage and voltage charge; wherein the first rotatable blade is rotated to the second horizontal first blade position when the electronics provides the second amperage and voltage charge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first rotatable blade is rotated to the first vertical first blade position when the electronics provides the first amperage and voltage charge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the second blade of the cordset is in a vertical second blade position, wherein the vertical second blade position of the second blade is parallel to the first vertical first blade position. ### Claim 14 A method, comprising: determining a position of a first rotatable blade between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; rotating a second rotatable blade between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; detecting a position of the second rotatable blade, wherein detecting the position of the second rotatable blade comprises: detecting whether a set of contacts are closed or open, wherein the set of contacts are closed when an auxiliary contact connected to the second rotatable blade contacts the set of contacts in the first vertical second blade position, and wherein the set of contacts are open when the second rotatable blade is in the second horizontal second blade position; and providing, via an electronics, at least one of: a first amperage and voltage charge, a second amperage and voltage charge, a third amperage and voltage charge, and a fourth amperage and voltage charge. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: determining a position of a first rotatable blade between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; rotating a second rotatable blade between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; detecting a position of the second rotatable blade, wherein detecting the position of the second rotatable blade comprises: determining a position of the second rotatable blade via a sensor connected to the second rotatable blade and a sensor pair connected to a cordset housing; and providing, via an electronics, at least one of: a first amperage and voltage charge, a second amperage and voltage charge, a third amperage and voltage charge, and a fourth amperage and voltage charge. ### Claim 16 A method comprising: determining a position of a first rotatable blade between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; rotating a second rotatable blade between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; detecting a position of the second rotatable blade; and providing, via an electronics, at least one of: a first amperage and voltage charge, a second amperage and voltage charge, a third amperage and voltage charge, and a fourth amperage and voltage charge; wherein when the first rotatable blade is determined to be in the first vertical first blade position, the provided charge is the first amperage and voltage charge when the detected position of the second rotatable blade is the first vertical second blade position, and the provided charge is the second amperage and voltage charge when the detected position of the second rotatable blade is the second horizontal second blade position. ### Claim 17 A method comprising: determining a position of a first rotatable blade between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; rotating a second rotatable blade between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; detecting a position of the second rotatable blade; and providing, via an electronics, at least one of: a first amperage and voltage charge, a second amperage and voltage charge, a third amperage and voltage charge, and a fourth amperage and voltage charge; wherein when the detected position of the second rotatable blade is the first vertical second blade position, the provided charge is the first amperage and voltage charge when the determined position of the first rotatable blade is the first vertical first blade position, and the provided charge is the fourth amperage and voltage charge when the determined position of the first rotatable blade is the second horizontal first blade position.