CPC B60L 53/35 (2019.02) [B25J 9/1035 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 18/007 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A charging device for autonomously charging an electric vehicle, the charging device comprising:
a main body, which is controllably moveable in at least one of a rotational, vertical, or lateral direction;
an arm coupled to the main body, which is controllably extendable and retractable in a longitudinal direction;
a charging plug at a distal end of the arm, the charging plug configured to be controllably moveable and insertable into a charging portal of the electric vehicle,
wherein the arm comprises:
a rigid chain, the rigid chain being compliant in a first direction from a neutral axis and resistant in an opposite second direction past the neutral axis, or
at least one scissor arm.
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