WO2012078921A3 - Electric vehicle charger diagnostic extension cable - Google Patents

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WO2012078921A3
WO2012078921A3 PCT/US2011/064021 US2011064021W WO2012078921A3 WO 2012078921 A3 WO2012078921 A3 WO 2012078921A3 US 2011064021 W US2011064021 W US 2011064021W WO 2012078921 A3 WO2012078921 A3 WO 2012078921A3
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electric vehicle
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charging cable
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Robert Thomas Litjen
Hieu N. Tran
Jr. Taras Kiceniuk
Eric Dunn
Nader Lotfy
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Aerovironment, Inc.
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Abstract

An electric vehicle ("EV") charging cable apparatus is disclosed that includes a charging cable segment (300) having first and second ends (305, 310), the charging cable segment having a power line segment (610) and a data line segment (620, 630, 635, 640, 645, 650); a first element (600) disposed at the first end of the charging cable segment, the first element configured to receive a direct current (DC) electric vehicle connector; a DC electric vehicle connector (605) disposed at the second end of the charging cable segment; and a tap coupled to at least one of the power line segment and the data line segment (320) so that the at least one of the power line segment and the data line segment are tapped for external access.
PCT/US2011/064021 2010-12-08 2011-12-08 Electric vehicle charger diagnostic extension cable WO2012078921A2 (en)

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