HYBRID VEHICLE CONNECTOR

Abstract: the present disclosure describes a vehicle charging system comprising a vehicle charging gun comprising at least two pins, a protective earth (pe) pin configured to connect to ground and a proximity pilot (pp) pin configured to detect when the vehicle charging gun has been inserted into a vehicle; and an apparatus to couple with the vehicle charging gun, the apparatus comprising: a switch operable between a first position and a second position, the switch being controlled by a controller, wherein, when the switch is in the first position, the switch enables the vehicle or a vehicle charging station to detect that the vehicle charging gun is inserted into a vehicle inlet port of the vehicle, and when the switch is in the second position, the apparatus generates an electrical effect that simulates the removal of the vehicle charging gun from the vehicle inlet port.

Inventor(s): Ammar Malik, Hugh Sheehy, Pietro Ferraro, John Goodbody

CPC Classification: H02J7/0013 (Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries)

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