Vehicle jumpstarting system

• US 10,363,824 B1
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kourtney Lumpkin
• Original Assignee: Kourtney Lumpkin
• Inventors: Lumpkin, Kourtney
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Piggush, Aaron
• Application Number:
  US15/444,484
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 320103, 320104, 320105, 320109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/122 Provisions for temporary connection of DC sources of essentially the same voltage, e.g. jumpstart cables
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/46 for ICE-powered road vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

The vehicle jumpstarting system is a safe and convenient alternative to the use of traditional jumper cables. The system provides a multiplicity of battery ports providing electrical access to the vehicle battery at the front, rear, and both sides of a vehicle, a cabling harness tying the ports to each other and to the vehicle battery, fuse protection from high currents, and a detachable cable that connects between a battery port on a first vehicle and a battery port on a second vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle jumpstarting system comprising:

a cable with keyed connectors provided at distal ends that are able to connect a donor vehicle to a recipient vehicle in order to jump start a battery of the recipient vehicle;

wherein the recipient vehicle and the donor vehicle each include an engine compartment right battery port, an engine compartment left battery port, and a trunk battery port;

wherein the cable is further defined with a cable harness that is able to connect the recipient vehicle to the donor vehicle via the engine compartment right battery port, the engine compartment left battery port, or the trunk battery port;

wherein the donor vehicle and the recipient vehicle are each further defined as including a vehicle battery;

wherein the donor vehicle and the recipient vehicle each include an engine compartment right battery port fuse, an engine compartment left battery port fuse, and a trunk battery port fuse;

wherein the vehicle battery of both the donor vehicle and the recipient vehicle is further defined with a battery port positive contact and a battery port negative contact;

wherein the cable is further defined to include an outer cable cover, which is able to insulate and protect a positive conductor and a negative conductor;

wherein the positive conductor and the negative conductor are each electrically insulated from each other;

wherein the cable is further defined with a first cable connector, a second cable connector, a first collar, second collar, and a cable fuse;

wherein the positive conductor connects to the first cable connector positive contact, and the first cable connector positive contact is affixed to the first cable connector;

wherein the positive conductor is also connected to the second cable connector positive contact;

wherein the second cable connector positive contact is affixed to the second cable connector;

wherein the negative conductor connects to the first cable connector negative contact;

wherein the first cable connector negative contact is affixed to the first cable connector;

wherein the negative conductor is also connected to the second cable connector negative contact;

wherein the second cable connector negative contact is also affixed to the second cable connector;

wherein the negative conductor connects to the first cable connector negative contact;

wherein the first cable connector negative contact is affixed to the first cable connector;

wherein the negative conductor is also connected to the second cable connector negative contact;

wherein the second cable connector negative contact is also affixed to the second cable connector;

wherein a cable fuse is routed through either the positive conductor or the negative conductor to provide over-current protection;

wherein the first collar serves to join the outer cable cover with the first cable connector and offers rigidity at that end of the cable during plugging and unplugging operations;

wherein the second collar serves to join the outer cable cover with the second cable connector and offers rigidity at that end of the cable during plugging and unplugging operations.

2. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 1 wherein the trunk of the recipient vehicle and the donor vehicle contain the trunk battery port.

3. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 2 wherein a hood of the donor vehicle and the recipient vehicle house the left battery port as well as the right battery port.

4. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 3 wherein the first cable collar and the second cable collar are used as handles to aid in plugging or unplugging the cable.

5. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 4 wherein the left battery port, the right battery port, and the trunk battery port each include a plurality of protrusions of differing shapes, which extend outward from a first surface.

6. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 5 wherein the first cable connector and the second cable connector are each further defined with a plurality of indentations of differing shapes that extend inward from a second surface, and which correspond with the plurality of protrusions.

7. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 4 wherein the first cable connector and the second cable connector each include a plurality of protrusions of differing shapes, which extend outward from a second surface.

8. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 7 wherein the left battery port, the right battery port, and the trunk battery port are each further defined with a plurality of indentations of differing shapes that extend inward from a first surface, and which correspond with the plurality of protrusions.

9. The vehicle jumpstarting system according to claim 4 wherein a first color band is placed around the first cable collar;

wherein a second color band is placed around the second cable collar;

wherein a third color band is placed around the left battery port, the right battery port, and the trunk battery port;

wherein the first color band, the second color band, and the third color band convey information about the a particular electrical system or a current handling limitation.