Battery charging device

• US 3,270,267 A
• Filed: 07/12/1965
• Issued: 08/30/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Albert C. Nolte Jr
• Original Assignee: Albert C. Nolte Jr
• Inventors: Nolte, Albert C. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/473,907
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• US Class Current: 320/138
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/04 fed by the power supply line
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/633 for disengagement only in combination with safety switch H01R13/7132
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/703 operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling partH01R13/71 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/08 Short-circuiting members for bridging contacts in a counterpart
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/923 Separation or disconnection aid

Claims

1. IN AN AUTOMOBILE HAVING A BATTERY, A BATTERY CHARGING DEVICE INCLUDING A TRICKLE CHARGER, FIRST CONNECTING MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID CHARGER TO A POWER SOURCE SAID FIRST CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING A POWER CORD, A FEMALE PLUG ON SAID POWER CORD, A RECESSED CASING IN THE GRILL WORK OF SAID AUTOMOBILE AND A MALE PLUG MOUNTED IN SAID RECESSED CASING ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID FEMALE PLUG AND TWO TERMINALS IN SAID MALE PLUG CONNECTED BY LEADS WIRES TO SAID CHARGER, DISCONNECTING MEANS ADAPTED TO AUTOMATICALLY DISENGAGE SAID MALE PLUG FROM SAID FEMALE PLUG, SAID DISCONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING A BRACKET, SAID BRACKET FIXEDLY MOUNTED IN PROXIMITY TO A POWER SOURCE, A CHAIN HAVING ONE END MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET, THE OTHER END OF SAID CHAIN FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID FEMALE PLUG SO THAT WHEN THE CHAIN IS EXTENDED IT IS SHORTER IN LENGTH THAN THE EXTENDED LENGTH OF THE POWER CORD BETWEEN THE FEMALE PLUG AND THE BRACKET, AND COVER MEANS TO AUTOMATICALLY COVER SAID RECESSED CASING WHEN THE FEMALE PLUG IS DISENGAGED BY SAID DISCONNECTING MEANS, SAID COVER MEANS INCLUDING A COVER MEMBER FRAMED BY A ROTATABLE SECTION OF GRILL WORK, AND A SPRING MOUNTED ON SAID RECESSED CASING, SAID SPRING ADAPTED TO RESPOSITION THE COVER AS PART OF THE GRILL WORK WHEN SAID FEMALE PLUG IS DISENGAGED FROM SAID MALE PLUG, AND SECOND CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE LEAD WIRE FROM SAID CHARGER TO SAID BATTERY, AT LEAST ONE LEAD WIRE FROM SAID BATTERY TO A FIRST TERMINAL IN SAID MALE PLUG, AT LEAST ONE LEAD WIRE FROM SAID CHARGER TO A SECOND TERMI NAL IN SAID MALE PLUG AND CONNECTOR BAR IN SAID FEMALE PLUG ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID FIRST AND SECOND TERMINALS TO CLOSE THE CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE CHARGER AND THE BATTERY WHEN SAID MALE PLUG IS ENGAGED BY SAID FEMALE PLUG