US 11,987,141 B2
Charging system for a vehicle
Daniel Labell, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); David Matthew Weder, Smoketown, PA (US); and Ian Todd, Mount Pleasant, SC (US)
Assigned to Westfalia Technologies, Inc., York, PA (US)
Filed by Westfalia Technologies, Inc., York, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,975.
Application 17/215,975 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/999,655, filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055491 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); H01R 13/447 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/35 (2019.02); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); H01R 13/447 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging arrangement, comprising:
a vehicle having a vehicle controller; and
an automated parking system including a parking controller and a charging storage location having a charging system, the charging system having a charging controller, a connector suspended on a flexible cable and movable along at least one of a plurality of axes perpendicular to one another under control of the charging controller, and a charging port fixed to the vehicle, the vehicle controller communicates with the parking controller to move the vehicle from a standard storage location that does not have the charging system to the charging storage location having the charging system, the standard storage location and the charging storage location are similarly sized in at least two dimensions, the charging controller communicates with the vehicle controller to move the connector into a mated position with the charging port in the charging storage location.