Patent ID: 8690591
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B60L,H01R,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: an electric engine coupled to a battery source; a hood assembly having a hood latch; a charging port configured to receive a charging cord for charging the battery source and having a lock bolt configured to lock the charging cord in the charging port, wherein the charging cord includes a latch for latching the charging cord to the charging port, and the charging port includes an unlatch bolt coupled to the lock bolt; and a cable release system comprising: a first cable coupled to the hood latch; a second cable coupled to the lock bolt and a sheath of the first cable; and a retainer coupled to the hood assembly configured to limit movement of the second cable until the hood latch has released the hood assembly and thereafter release the second cable; wherein a first operation of the cable release system unlocks the charging cord from the charging port and a second operation of the cable release system unlocks the charging cord from the charging port and the unlatch bolt is configured to unlatch the latch of the charging cord from the charging port when the second cable moves the lock bolt to an unlocked position.