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Ford’s Tesla charging adapter survived all sorts of torture tests. Its supplier explains how it managed to do that.
On the Ford adapter, the pin that buckles into the CCS charging port is thicker, as InsideEVs’ contributor and State of Charge YouTube channel host Tom Moloughney explained in a video. There’s also a second interlocking pin, which prevents the cable from being detached unless the charging session has stopped.
“There were extreme drop tests that made us change certain components,” Maiwald said. “The latches are made of stainless steel instead of zinc alloy,” he added. “Ford and our other customers insisted on an interlock design for extra redundancy and extra safety.”
That interlock brought another challenge: It’s a moving part, which meant the whole system had to meet an IP67 waterproofing standard. Lectron engineered a seal that could move with the interlock mechanism—again and again, at least 10,000 times—without letting water in.
https://insideevs.com/news/756138/ford-lectron-tesla-adapter-explained/
On the Ford adapter, the pin that buckles into the CCS charging port is thicker, as InsideEVs’ contributor and State of Charge YouTube channel host Tom Moloughney explained in a video. There’s also a second interlocking pin, which prevents the cable from being detached unless the charging session has stopped.
“There were extreme drop tests that made us change certain components,” Maiwald said. “The latches are made of stainless steel instead of zinc alloy,” he added. “Ford and our other customers insisted on an interlock design for extra redundancy and extra safety.”
That interlock brought another challenge: It’s a moving part, which meant the whole system had to meet an IP67 waterproofing standard. Lectron engineered a seal that could move with the interlock mechanism—again and again, at least 10,000 times—without letting water in.
https://insideevs.com/news/756138/ford-lectron-tesla-adapter-explained/
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