A vehicle charging arrangement 10 comprises a first vehicle charging connector 12 and a second vehicle charging connector 13, one of the first and second vehicle charging connectors 12, 13 being mountable to a vehicle 200 and the other of the first and second vehicle charging connectors being mountable to a charging gantry 210, the first vehicle charging connector 12 comprising a first elongate conductor 16 and a second elongate conductor 18, each of the first and second elongate conductors 16, 18 having a contact area with a proximal end close to the other conductor and a distal end further from the other conductor, the first and second elongate conductors 16, 18 being disposed parallel to each other and spaced from each other in a direction parallel with longitudinal axes of the conductors 16, 18, the contact area (46) of the second elongate conductor 18 having a longitudinal extent which is shorter than a longitudinal extent of the contact area of the first elongate conductor 16, and the second vehicle charging connector 14 comprising third and fourth elongate conductors 32, 34, the third and fourth elongate conductors 32, 34 having longitudinal axes running parallel with each other, and the third and fourth elongate conductors 32, 34 being spaced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the third and fourth elongate conductors 32, 34, the spacing between the third and fourth elongate conductors 32, 34 being greater than the distance between the distal end of the contact area (46) of the second conductor 18 and the proximal end of the contact area of the first conductor 16, and being shorter than the distance between the proximal end of the second elongate conductor 18 and the distal end of the first elongate conductor 16.
VEHICLE CHARGING CONNECTORS
LADEVERBINDER FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
CONNECTEURS DE CHARGE DE VÉHICULE
2018-06-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English