According to foreign media reports, the U.S. patent and Trademark Office has granted apple a new patent: electric vehicle charging station, which can provide consumers with convenient automatic process. Apple pointed out that it may not be convenient for the vehicle operator to get off and connect the vehicle to the charging station.
In addition, when it is necessary to manually connect the vehicle to the electric vehicle charging station for charging, the human operator must be present. The system and method described in the patent allows the electric vehicle to be automatically connected to the charging station without manual connection by the operator.
As an example, a charging station may include a charging plug installed using one or more passive translation tables that change position when in contact with a structure on the vehicle. The vehicle side structure, including the charging socket, can drive the vehicle to align with the charging plug through manual control or autonomous control.
Figure 1a of Apple's patent is a schematic diagram of the charging station and the vehicle in the disconnected position; As shown in Figure 1b, the charging station is connected with the vehicle. Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a charging station assembly and a vehicle charging system assembly.
