US 12,109,903 B2
Systems and methods for delivery of power or fluids
Thomas H. Nugent, Jr., Port Jefferson Station, NY (US); Caleb T. Hatfield, Lowell, AR (US); John K. George, Fayetteville, AR (US); Kristopher Cody Johnson, Springdale, AR (US); Philip Sgroi, Shirley, NY (US); and Dale Tomkins, Plymouth, WI (US)
Assigned to Mission Critical Electronics, LLC, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Mission Critical Electronics, LLC, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,215.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,716, filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0153160 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/62 (2019.02) [B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/35 (2019.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical delivery apparatus, comprising:
a plug assembly configured to be inserted into a receptacle apparatus of a vehicle to deliver electrical power to the vehicle;
a control means configured to:
upon activation, deliver electrical power to the vehicle via an electrical line and the plug assembly, and
upon detection of at least one predetermined condition, automatically disconnect the electrical power from the electrical line and the plug assembly,
wherein the at least one predetermined condition includes disconnection of the plug assembly from the receptacle apparatus, and
wherein the receptacle apparatus is configured to eject the plug assembly from the receptacle apparatus upon detection of a brake pressure release, a brake electrical signal, or vehicle ignition signal.