# US 9,434,269 B2 · Charging device assembly for electric vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,434,269 B2 - Document ID: US9434269B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/310,958 - Filed: 2014-06-20 - Published: 2015-01-15 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-10 - Assignees: Lsis Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Lsis Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yong Woo Kim; Seung Woo Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434269B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/66: Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles - B60L 53/18: Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B60L 53/60: Monitoring or controlling charging stations - B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types - 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 - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - Y02T 90/167: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV] - Y04S 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing - 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 - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract Provided is a charging device assembly for an electric vehicle. The assembly includes a cable connecting the electric vehicle to a power supply unit, a charge control device coupled with the cable, a main bracket, to which the charge control device is attached to be detachable, and an ad-on communication device couplable with the main bracket. Herein, the charge control device includes an ad-on communication unit for wireless short-distance communication. The ad-on communication device includes a charge control device communication unit for wireless short-distance communication with the charge control device and a terminal communication unit for wireless communication with a terminal displaying one of charging operation and state of the electric vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A charging device assembly for an electric vehicle, the assembly comprising: a cable connecting the electric vehicle to a power supply unit; a charge control device coupled with the cable; a main bracket detachably coupled to the charge control device; and an ad-on communication device coupled to the main bracket, wherein the charge control device comprises an ad-on communication unit configured to perform wireless short-distance communication, wherein the ad-on communication device comprises: a charge control device communication unit configured to perform wireless short-distance communication with the ad-on communication unit; and a terminal communication unit configured to communicate wirelessly with a terminal displaying a charging operation or a state of the electric vehicle, wherein when the charge control device is coupled with the main bracket, the ad-on communication unit of the main bracket and the charge control device communication unit of the ad-on communication device are disposed at corresponding adjacent positions, wherein the ad-on communication device is detachably coupled to the main bracket, and wherein the ad-on communication unit is disposed to be proximate to one surface of the charge control device, wherein the one surface is adjacent to the charge control device communication unit when the charge control device is coupled with the main bracket. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the charge control device comprises an infrared (IR) light emitting diode and the ad-on communication device comprises an IR light receiving diode respectively to perform infrared communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the charge control device is configured to be slidably coupled to the main bracket. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, wherein the main bracket comprises: a bottom portion; and side portions extending from the bottom portion; and at least one mounting portion configured to support the ad-on communication device wherein a first sub-portion of the at least one mounting portion has a first height and a second sub-portion of the at least one mounting portion has a second height smaller than the first height. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the ad-on communication device comprises: a central portion; and a first side portion and a second side portion extending from opposite ends of the central portion and parallel to each other; wherein the charge control device is disposed between the first and second side portions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The assembly of claim 5, wherein: the first and second side portions comprise first guide portions, the main bracket comprises second guide portions disposed to correspond to the first guide portions, and the first guide portions and the second guide portions are configured to be slidably coupled to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, further comprising: an electric vehicle connector configured to be connected to the electric vehicle; and a sub-bracket provided adjacent to an external side of the main bracket and configured to accommodate the electric vehicle connector to be mounted. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The assembly of claim 7, wherein the sub-bracket comprises: a connector insertion unit configured to accommodate insertion of at least part of the electric vehicle connector; and a cable bracket extending from the sub-bracket and configured to receive the cable to be mounted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The assembly of claim 4, wherein the bottom portion comprises a cable pass opening configured to allow the cable to pass through. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The assembly of claim 4, wherein: the side portions comprise a rear portion, a pair of side portions, and a front portion, and the rear portion is higher than the pair of side portions and the front portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The assembly of claim 10, wherein the at least one mounting portion comprises: a first mounting element extending from a corner, wherein the corner is defined by an intersection of the front portion and one of the pair of side portions; and a second mounting element disposed at the rear portion and defined by an indentation at a side of the rear portion.