Cooling of charging cable
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsYee Shan Woo, Christopher H. Van Dyke, Joseph Mardall, Christopher Newport, Joshua Willard Ferguson
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Abstract
A charging system for an electric vehicle includes: a power supply; a cable having first and second ends, the first end attached to the power supply, the cable comprising a charging conductor and a cooling conduit, each of which extends from the first end to the second end; and a connector attached to the second end of the cable, the connector having a form factor corresponding to a charge port of the electric vehicle; wherein the cooling conduit is adapted to convey a fluid that cools the charging conductor.
Claims20
A charging system for an electric vehicle, the charging system comprising:
- a power supply;
- a cable having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the power supply, the cable comprising a charging conductor and a cooling conduit, each of which extends from the first end to the second end;
- and
- a connector attached to the second end of the cable, the connector having a form factor corresponding to a charge port of the electric vehicle, wherein the connector includes a fluid hub that has an inlet opening and an outlet opening;
- wherein the cooling conduit is adapted to convey a fluid that cools the charging conductor and the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.