# US 12,594,846 B2 · Charging device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,594,846 B2 - Document ID: US12594846B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/856,509 - Filed: 2022-07-01 - Published: 2024-01-04 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2022-07-01 - Assignees: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Applicants: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Inventors: Steven Joseph Dickerson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594846B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B60L 53/62: in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge - H02J 7/485: {with provisions for charging different types of batteries} - 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 - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract A charging device comprises supply inlets having contact elements engageable with a power source. Charging control modules are included in the supply inlets. A uniform charging standard comprise each of the charging control modules. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A charging device comprising: supply inlets having contact elements engageable with a power source; charging control modules included in the supply inlets; and a uniform charging standard comprising each of the charging control modules. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The charging device of claim 1, wherein the supply inlets include a first and second supply inlet and said first and second supply inlets have a same connector type. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The charging device of claim 2, wherein said connector type is selected from the group consisting of a J1772 connector, a CCS connector, a CHAdeMO connector and a Tesla connector. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The charging device of claim 3, wherein said first and second supply inlets are located to connect to a corresponding first and second charger for simultaneous charging, thereby increasing a charging rate, as compared to non-simultaneous charging. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The charging device of claim 4, wherein said first and second supply inlets are in a side-by-side configuration each located on a plane defined by an exterior surface of an electrical device comprising the charging device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The charging device of claim 5, wherein said first and second supply inlets are spaced apart in the side-by-side configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The charging device of claim 6, wherein said first and second supply inlets are each configured to receive information including wiring data, a charging design standard, voltage information, and charging time information from a connected external electrical device supply equipment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The charging device of claim 2, wherein the charging control modules include a first and second charging module each included in a respective one of the first and second supply inlets. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The charging device of claim 8, wherein each said charging control module is configured to communicate control signals to at least one external charging station connected to the supply inlets; and wherein the control signals have information about a charge type, a charge current and a charge time associated with charging a rechargeable battery in an electrical device having the charging device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The charging device of claim 9, wherein the uniform charging standard of the electrical device includes at least one of: a charging system, a charging interface, and a communication protocol. ### Claim 11 An electrical device comprising: a rechargeable battery; and a charging device comprising: supply inlets having contact elements engageable with a power source; charging control modules included in the supply inlets; and a uniform charging standard comprising each of the charging control modules. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electrical device of claim 11, wherein the supply inlets include a first and second supply inlet and said first and second supply inlets have a same connector type. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electrical device of claim 12, wherein said connector type is selected from the group consisting of a J1772 connector, a CCS connector, a CHAdeMO connector and a Tesla connector. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electrical device of claim 13, wherein said first and second supply inlets are located to connect to a corresponding first and second charger for simultaneous charging, thereby increasing a charging rate, as compared to non-simultaneous charging. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electrical device of claim 14, wherein said first and second supply inlets are in a side-by-side configuration each located on a plane defined by an exterior surface of the electrical device comprising the charging device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electrical device of claim 15, wherein said first and second supply inlets are spaced apart in the side-by-side configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electrical device of claim 16, wherein said first and second supply inlets are each configured to receive information including wiring data, a charging design standard, voltage information, and charging time information from a connected external electrical device supply equipment. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The electrical device of claim 12, wherein the charging control modules include a first and second charging module each included in a respective one of the first and second supply inlets. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electrical device of claim 18, wherein each said charging control module is configured to communicate control signals to at least one external charging station connected to the supply inlets; and wherein the control signals have information about a charge type, a charge current and a charge time associated with charging the rechargeable battery. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electrical device of claim 19, wherein the uniform charging standard of the electrical device includes at least one of: a charging system, a charging interface, and a communication protocol.