US 12,280,748 B2
Anti-sticking device of inlet actuator
Seung Woo Kim, Anyang-si (KR); Dae Hyun Kim, Bucheon-si (KR); and Dong Geon Lee, Mungyeong-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,603.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0157742 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150456 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60S 1/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/62 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); H01R 13/62905 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a housing;
an actuator mounted in the housing, the actuator configured to be operated in response to a connection state of a charging plug;
a drive shaft configured to be rotated in conjunction with an operation of the actuator;
a lever arm rotatably provided outside the housing and connected to the drive shaft to be rotated together with the drive shaft; and
a brush unit seated on the lever arm and configured to remove debris between the housing and the lever arm while being in contact with the housing during operation of the lever arm.