US 11,987,143 B2
Charging system for a vehicle and automated parking system
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 Aug. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/999,655.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055495 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 53/37 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); E04H 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/37 (2019.02) [B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); E04H 6/42 (2013.01); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 2250/14 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging system for a vehicle, comprising:
a connector suspended on a flexible cable and movable along a plurality of axes perpendicular to one another; and
an adapter having a plug at a first end and an adapter port at a second end opposite the first end, the plug is removably disposed in a charging port of the vehicle and the adapter port extends outward from the vehicle, the adapter port is positioned within a height of the vehicle extending along a vertical axis from a ground surface on which the vehicle is disposed to a roof of the vehicle, the connector is movable into a mated position with the adapter port.