Patent ID: 8573994
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: B60L,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A connector handle for an electric vehicle battery charger, said connector handle configured to electrically connect and mechanically lock the connector handle to an electric vehicle, said connector handle comprising: a latch operable to a locked position where the connector handle is locked to the vehicle and an unlocked position where the connector handle is not locked to the vehicle; an electric circuit configured to provide an enable indication that indicates that electrical power to charge a battery of the vehicle should be supplied to the connector handle and a disable indication that indicates electrical power should not be supplied to connector handle; an actuator button in operable communication with the latch and the electric circuit, wherein said actuator button is moveable to a) a first position where the latch is in the locked position and the electric circuit provides the enable indication, b) a second position where the latch is in the locked position and the electric circuit provides the disable indication, and c) a third position where the latch is in the unlocked position and the electric circuit provides the disable indication.