Electrical connector with a flexible blade-shaped housing with a handle with an opening
First Claim
1. A flexible electrical connector for supplying power to a receiving device, the flexible electrical connector comprising:
- a blade-shaped housing having a first portion and an opposing second portion;
an electrical interface at the first portion of the housing, wherein the electrical interface is configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on a receiving device;
a handle formed in the second portion, the handle defining an opening in the second portion that allows a user to slide his fingers through the opening; and
a power cord extending from the second portion of the housing, wherein the second portion of the housing is configured to flex about the first portion of the housing along an arc in a single plane.
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Abstract
The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical connector has a blade shaped housing attached to a power cord that extends to the power supplying device. The blade shaped housing has a substantially rigid end portion with an electrical interface configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on the power receiving device. The blade shaped housing also has a handle portion made of a substantially flexible material such which is configured to flex about the rigid end portion along an arc in a single plane. As such, the flexible handle can absorb impacts it receives rather than transferring them to the rigid and breakable electrical interface components.
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21 Claims
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1. A flexible electrical connector for supplying power to a receiving device, the flexible electrical connector comprising:
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a blade-shaped housing having a first portion and an opposing second portion; an electrical interface at the first portion of the housing, wherein the electrical interface is configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on a receiving device; a handle formed in the second portion, the handle defining an opening in the second portion that allows a user to slide his fingers through the opening; and a power cord extending from the second portion of the housing, wherein the second portion of the housing is configured to flex about the first portion of the housing along an arc in a single plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A flexible electrical connector kit for supplying power to a receiving device, the flexible electrical connector kit comprising:
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a first blade-shaped housing having a first portion and an opposing second portion;
an electrical interface at the first portion of the housing, wherein the electrical interface is configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on a receiving device;a handle formed in the second portion, the handle defining an opening in the second portion that allows a user to slide his fingers through the opening; a power cord extending from the second portion of the housing, wherein the second portion of the housing is configured to flex about the first portion of the housing along an arc in a single plane; and a second housing having a first portion and an opposing second portion;
an electrical interface at the first portion of the second housing, wherein the electrical interface is configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on a power supply device; andthe power cord extending from the second portion of the second housing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A flexible electrical connector for supplying power to a receiving device, the flexible electrical connector comprising:
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a blade-shaped housing having a first portion and an opposing second portion; the blade-shaped housing having a length, a height, and a width; the length extending between a remote end of the first portion to a remote end of the second portion, wherein the length is larger than the height which is larger than the width; a handle formed in the second portion, the handle defining an opening in the second portion that allows a user to slide his fingers through the opening; an electrical interface at the first portion of the housing, wherein the electrical interface is configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on an at least partially electric vehicle; and a power cord extending from the second portion of the housing, wherein the second portion of the housing is configured to flex about the first portion.
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