Invention Grant
US07972167B2 Electrical connector with a flexible blade-shaped housing with a handle with an opening
有权
电连接器,带有带开口的把手的柔性叶片形外壳
- Patent Title: Electrical connector with a flexible blade-shaped housing with a handle with an opening
- Patent Title (中): 电连接器,带有带开口的把手的柔性叶片形外壳
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Application No.: US12559462Application Date: 2009-09-14
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Publication No.: US07972167B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Gad Amit , Inbal Etgar , Chadwick John Harber , Mike Massucco
- Applicant: Gad Amit , Inbal Etgar , Chadwick John Harber , Mike Massucco
- Applicant Address: CH Zug
- Assignee: Better Place GmbH
- Current Assignee: Better Place GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zug
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: H01R13/58
- IPC: H01R13/58

Abstract:
The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical connector has a blade shaped housing attached to a power cord that extends to the power supplying device. The blade shaped housing has a substantially rigid end portion with an electrical interface configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on the power receiving device. The blade shaped housing also has a handle portion made of a substantially flexible material such which is configured to flex about the rigid end portion along an arc in a single plane. As such, the flexible handle can absorb impacts it receives rather than transferring them to the rigid and breakable electrical interface components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110065305A1 AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A FLEXIBLE BLADE-SHAPED HOUSING WITH A HANDLE WITH AN OPENING Public/Granted day:2011-03-17
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