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(43) Date of publication: 19.04.2023 Bulletin 2023/16 (21) Application number: 21852396.7 (22) Date of filing: 03.08.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60L 53/50(2019.01) B60L 53/55(2019.01) H02J 7/22(2006.01) B60L 53/53(2019.01) H02J 7/02(2016.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B60L 53/55; B60L 53/53; Y02T 10/70; Y02T 10/72; Y02T 10/7072; Y02T 90/12; B60L 53/14; B60L 53/32; B60L 53/30; B60L 53/11; B60L 53/56; B60L 53/54; Y02T 90/14 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/044321 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/031689 (10.02.2022 Gazette 2022/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 04.08.2020 US 202016984817 (71) Applicant: The Noco Company Glenwillow, OH 44139 (US)	(72) Inventor: STANFIELD, James Richard Glenwillow, Ohio 44139 (US) (74) Representative: Slingsby Partners LLP  1 Kingsway London WC2B 6AN London WC2B 6AN (GB)