An exemplary vehicle outlet assembly includes, among other things, an outlet mounted to a vehicle, a cover moveable between a covering position where the cover conceals the outlet and an accessing position where the cover reveals the outlet. The assembly further includes at least one side shield that extends transversely from the cover to the outlet when the cover is in the accessing position. An exemplary power providing method includes powering a device through an outlet of a vehicle and illuminating an area associated with the device during the powering using at least one light of the vehicle.
VEHICLE POWER OUTLET
2020-03-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / H01R Elektrisch leitende Verbindungen , ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS |