IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,833,918
Granted Patent B2
US 11,833,918 · App. 17/855,679 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Connector and method for use for authorizing battery charging for an electric vehicle

Inventor: Herman Wiegman (Essex Junction, VT)
Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
B60L53/16B60L53/305B60L53/65B60L53/66H02J7/00034
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,833,918
App. No.
17/855,679
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector for charging an electric vehicle that includes a housing configured to mate with an electric vehicle port of an electric vehicle, at least a sensor configured to detect an attachment datum as a function of the housing mating with an electric vehicle port, and transmit the attachment datum to a computing device, a computing device configured to receive the attachment datum from the at least a sensor, receive an identification datum from the electric vehicle, generate a verification datum as a function of the identification datum and the attachment datum, and determine an authorization status as a function of the verification datum.

Claims (32)

1. A connector for charging an electric aircraft, wherein the connector comprises:

at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to detect an attachment datum; and

a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to:

receive the attachment datum from the at least a sensor;

generate a verification datum as a function of an identification datum and the attachment datum, wherein the identification datum identifies the electric aircraft, and wherein generating the verification datum further comprises:

selecting a correlated dataset containing a plurality of data entries wherein each dataset contains at least a datum of identification data and at least a first correlated authentication datum; and

generating, at a clustering unsupervised machine-learning model, the verification datum as a function of the attachment datum, the identification datum and the correlated dataset; and

determine an authorization status as a function of the verification datum.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein generating the verification datum further comprises:

receiving an identification datum from the electric aircraft; and

generating the verification datum as a function of the identification datum.

3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the at least a sensor further comprises at least a proximity sensor.

4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector further comprises at least a direct current conductor, wherein the at least a direct current conductor is configured to conduct a direct current.

5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector further comprises at least a control signal conductor, wherein the at least a control signal conductor is configured to conduct a control signal.

6. The connector of claim 5 , wherein the connector further comprises at least a ground conductor, wherein the at least a ground conductor is configured to conduct to a ground.

7. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector further comprises a fastener for removable attachment with the electric vehicle port.

8. The connector of claim 1 further comprising an isolation monitor conductor configured to conduct an isolation monitoring signal.

9. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to transmit the authorization status to a user device.

10. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises a housing configured to mate with a test port.

11. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises an interlocking mechanism.

12. The connector of claim 11 , wherein the at least a sensor is further configured to detect the attachment datum as a function of the interlocking mechanism.

13. A method for charging an electric aircraft, the method comprising:

detecting, by at least a sensor of a connector, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to detect an attachment datum;

receiving, at a computing device, the attachment datum from the at least a sensor;

generating, at the computing device, a verification datum as a function of an identification datum and the attachment datum, wherein the identification datum identifies the electric aircraft, and wherein generating the verification datum further comprises:

selecting a correlated dataset containing a plurality of data entries wherein each dataset contains at least a datum of identification data and at least a first correlated authentication datum; and

generating, at a clustering unsupervised machine-learning model, the verification datum as a function of the attachment datum, the identification datum and the correlated dataset; and

determining, at the computing device, an authorization status as a function of the verification datum.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting, by the computing device, the authorization status to a user device.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises storing, by the computing device, the identification datum in a data store system.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises storing, by the computing device, the authorization status in a data store system.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating, at the computing device, the verification datum comprises utilizing an authentication broker.

Continuity (2)
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