US Patent Issued to ABB E-mobility on March 18 for "System and a method for ensuring a defined position of a charging connector and/or for determining its mechanical condition" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,023, issued on March 18, was assigned to ABB E-mobility B.V. (Delft, Netherlands).

"System and a method for ensuring a defined position of a charging connector and/or for determining its mechanical condition" was invented by Francisco Garcia-Ferre (Baden, Switzerland) and Jean-Marc Oppliger (Fislisbach, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ensuring a defined position of a charging connector includes a signal transmitter, a corresponding signal detector unit for detecting the signal of the signal transmitter, and a holder for holding the charging connector in the defined position. A detector device detec...