A vehicle includes a battery 108 and a compartment 114 in an exterior surface 104. The compartment contains a retractable cable 206 to a jumper plug 202 electrically connected to the battery. It may also contain a jumper receptacle (302, Fig 3) connected to the battery by cable 210. When the retractable cable is extended, the jumper plug extends from the compartment to connect to a receptacle of another vehicle. Monitoring means in connection module 116 may determine which vehicles battery has more charge and use that battery to jump-start the other vehicle.
Retractable jumper cable vehicle assembly
2018-11-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02G INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES , Verlegen oder Installieren elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen, Verlegen oder Installieren kombinierter optischer und elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B65H HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES , Handhaben von dünnem oder fadenförmigem Gut, z.B. Folien, Bahnen, Kabeln |
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