Vehicle charge port defroster
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsScott Ziolek, Jason J. Lilburn, Bryan Whaley
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems are described for charge port defrosters. The system includes a charge port integrated into a vehicle and configured to power the vehicle, a charge port cover coupled to the hinge and configured to cover the charge port, a heating element located proximate to the charge port and the charge port cover, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether the vehicle is in an environment capable of satisfying a temperature threshold. The temperature threshold is indicative of cold weather conditions. The controller is configured to operate the heating element to be powered in response to determining the vehicle is in the environment capable of satisfying the temperature threshold.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a charge port integrated into a vehicle and configured to power the vehicle;
- a charge port cover coupled to the vehicle, the charge port cover configured to at least partially cover the charge port;
- a heating element located proximate to the charge port and the charge port cover;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the heating element, the controller configured to:
- determine whether the vehicle is in an environment that can satisfy a temperature threshold, the temperature threshold indicative of a cold weather condition;
- and
- in response to determining the vehicle is in the environment that can satisfy the temperature threshold, operate the heating element to be powered.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determine whether a vehicle is in an environment that can satisfy a temperature threshold, the temperature threshold indicative of a cold weather condition;
- and
- in response to determining the vehicle is in the environment that can satisfy the temperature threshold, operate a heating element to be powered, the heating element located proximate to a charge port, the charge port coupled to the vehicle and configured to power the vehicle, and the charge port configured to be covered by a charge port cover coupled to the vehicle with a hinge.
A system comprising:
- a charge port integrated into a vehicle and configured to power the vehicle;
- a charge port cover coupled to the vehicle with a hinge, the charge port cover configured to cover the charge port;
- a first heating element located proximate to the charge port;
- a second heating element located proximate to the hinge;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the charge port and the heating element, the controller configured to:
- determine whether the vehicle is in an environment capable of satisfying a temperature threshold, the temperature threshold indicative of a cold weather condition;
- and
- in response to determining the vehicle is in the environment capable of satisfying the temperature threshold, powering the first heating element and the second heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.