US 12,476,425 B2
Charging inlet assembly having a proximity resistor assembly
Clara Marguerite Rhodes, Winston Salem, NC (US); Hurley Chester Moll, Hershey, PA (US); Aaron James de Chazal, Rochester, MI (US); Matthew Bryan Hitchcock, Hershey, PA (US); Nathan Philip Myer, Lancaster, PA (US); Andrew Jacob Vasbinder, Boiling Springs, PA (US); Adam Price Tyler, Rochester Hills, MI (US); James Smith, King, NC (US); John Mark Myer, Middletown, PA (US); and Kevin John Peterson, Kernersville, NC (US)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,703.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/255,098, filed on Oct. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116836 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/66 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01)
CPC H01R 13/6616 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging inlet assembly comprising:
a housing extending between a front and a rear, the housing having a DC section including DC terminal channels, the housing having an AC section including AC terminal channels, the DC section configured for mating with a DC charging connector at the front, the AC section configured for mating with an AC charging connector at the front;
AC terminals received in the corresponding AC terminal channels for mating with the AC charging connector, the AC terminals including a proximity terminal and a ground terminal, the proximity terminal including a terminating end, the ground terminal including a terminating end;
DC terminals received in the corresponding DC terminal channels for mating with the DC charging connector; and
a proximity resistor assembly at the rear of the housing, the proximity resistor assembly including a plug body holding a resistor, a first resistor conductor and a second resistor conductor, the first resistor conductor being coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the proximity terminal, the second resistor conductor being coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the ground terminal.