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US 2025/0050754 A1Published application
Vehicle charging port with adapter to enable charging via different chargers
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKevin Mackenzie, Kevin Higgins
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Abstract
A vehicle single charging port with an adapter to enable charging of an electric vehicle by way of different alternating current (AC) chargers is disclosed. The adapter may be configured to transfer electric power between a single Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J3068 receiving port and a SAE J1772 coupler according to an included method.
Claims20
A charging port for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of electrically insulated contact supports including contact supports for a first alternating current (AC) phase, contact supports for a second AC phase, contact supports for a third AC phase, contact supports for a neutral line, and contact supports for two DC lines.
A method for supplying electric power from a vehicle, comprising:
- inserting a first electric coupler into a recess of a vehicle charging port during a first condition;
- inserting an adapter into the recess of the vehicle charging port during a second condition;
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- inserting a second electric coupler into the adapter, the second electric coupler different than the first electric coupler.
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A charging port for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing configured to receive a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J3068 coupler without an adapter and the adapter without the SAE J3068 coupler via a single SAE J3068 coupler receiving port, the housing also configured to accept a Combined Charging System (CCS) DC coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.