# US 2023/0053872 A1 · Connector and method for use for authorizing battery charging for an electric vehicle

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- Number: US 2023/0053872 A1
- Document ID: US20230053872A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/855,679
- Filed: 2022-06-30
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-20
- Assignees: Beta Air, LLC
- Applicants: Beta Air, LLC
- Inventors: Herman Wiegman
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053872A1

## CPC

- B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
- B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces}
- B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
- B60L 53/66: Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
- G06Q 30/04: Billing or invoicing
- G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions
- G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- H02J 7/42: with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones
- B60L 2200/10: Air crafts
- B60L 2260/46: by self learning
- G06Q 2220/00: Business processing using cryptography
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- 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
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A connector for charging an electric vehicle that includes a housing configured to mate with an electric vehicle port of an electric vehicle, at least a sensor configured to detect an attachment datum as a function of the housing mating with an electric vehicle port, and transmit the attachment datum to a computing device, a computing device configured to receive the attachment datum from the at least a sensor, receive an identification datum from the electric vehicle, generate a verification datum as a function of the identification datum and the attachment datum, and determine an authorization status as a function of the verification datum.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A connector for charging an electric aircraft, wherein the connector comprises:
at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to detect an attachment datum; and
a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to:
receive the attachment datum from the at least a sensor;
generate a verification datum as a function of the attachment datum; and
determine an authorization status as a function of the verification datum.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the computing device is remote from the connector.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein generating the verification datum further comprises:
receiving an identification datum from the electric aircraft; and
generating the verification datum as a function of the identification datum.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the at least a sensor further comprises at least a proximity sensor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector further comprises at least a direct current conductor, wherein the at least a direct current conductor is configured to conduct a direct current.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector further comprises at least a control signal conductor, wherein the at least a control signal conductor is configured to conduct a control signal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The connector of claim 6, wherein the connector further comprises at least a ground conductor, wherein the at least a ground conductor is configured to conduct to a ground.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector further comprises a fastener for removable attachment with the electric vehicle port.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1 further comprising an isolation monitor conductor configured to conduct an isolation monitoring signal.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein generating the verification datum further comprises:
selecting a correlated dataset containing a plurality of data entries wherein each dataset contains at least a datum of identification data and at least a first correlated authentication datum; and
generating, at a clustering unsupervised machine-learning model, the verification datum as a function of the attachment datum, the identification datum and the correlated dataset.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the computing device is further configured to transmit the authorization status to a user device.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the housing is further configured to mate with a test port.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector comprises an interlocking mechanism.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The connector of claim 13, wherein the at least a sensor is further configured to detect the attachment datum as a function of the interlocking mechanism.

### Claim 15

A method for charging an electric aircraft, the method comprising:
detecting, by at least a sensor of the connector, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to detect an attachment datum;
receiving, at a computing device remote from the connector, the attachment datum from the at least a sensor;
generating, at the computing device, a verification datum as a function of the attachment datum; and
determining, at the computing device, an authorization status as a function of the verification datum.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein generating the verification datum further comprises:
selecting a correlated dataset containing a plurality of data entries wherein each dataset contains at least a datum of identification data and at least a first correlated authentication datum; and
generating, at a clustering unsupervised machine-learning model, the verification datum as a function of the attachment datum, the identification datum and the correlated dataset.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein method further comprises transmitting, by the computing device, the authorization status to a user device.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein method further comprises storing, by the computing device, the identification datum in a data store system.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein method further comprises storing, by the computing device, the authorization status in a data store system.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein generating, at the computing device, the verification datum comprises utilizing an authentication broker.