US 12,337,711 B2
Apparatus for holding cable for electric vehicle charger and method of driving same
Woo Hyung Lee, Uijeongbu-si (KR); Su Hwan Cho, Seoul (KR); Young Tae Choi, Gwacheon-si (KR); Kwang Min Oh, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Ho Choi, Seoul (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 Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,111.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0137881 (KR), filed on Oct. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0131943 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0227596 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B25J 19/06 (2006.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/35 (2019.02) [B25J 19/061 (2013.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for holding a cable for an electric vehicle charger, the apparatus comprising:
a cable holding unit configured to restrict a charging cable extended and connected to a charging coupler, and to ascend or descend to predetermined positions;
a housing unit rotatably mounted along a horizontal direction, the cable holding unit being positioned inside the housing unit;
a driving unit configured to provide drive power for enabling the cable holding unit to ascend and descend, and for rotating the housing unit; and
a control unit configured to control the driving unit so that the cabling holding unit and the housing unit are driven when the charging coupler is removed from an electric vehicle charger or when the charging coupler rests on the electric vehicle charger;
wherein, when the charging coupler is removed from the electric vehicle charger, the control unit controls the driving unit so that the cable holding unit descends to a pre-determined setting position; and
wherein the setting position is set in a manner that varies according to a position of a charging port in each of a plurality of types of electric vehicles, and then is stored.