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Title:
ELECTRICAL-CABLE STORAGE APPARATUS, AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/072970
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An electrical-cable storage apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising an electrical cable substantially fixed at a fixed end thereof relative to a fixed body of the apparatus, and free at a free end thereof for connecting to an electricity supply. The apparatus further comprises at least one moveable pulley, moveable by being mounted for substantially radial translation relative to the fixed body. The electrical cable is wound around the at least one moveable pulley to give at least two overlapping portions of the cable. Pulling on the free end of the cable moves the pulley to reduce the length of those overlapping portions and expose a greater length of the cable adjacent the free end.

Inventors:
ROUTER JAMES (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2011/001614
Publication Date:
March 07, 2013
Filing Date:
November 16, 2011
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Assignee:
ECOTRICITY GROUP LTD (GB)
ROUTER JAMES (GB)
International Classes:
H02G11/00; B60L11/18
Foreign References:
DE102009057659A12010-07-29
JP2004114822A2004-04-15
US6216834B12001-04-17
DE102006028145A12007-12-20
NL1011217C12000-08-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HOWSON, Richard Giles Bentham (20 Red Lion Street, London WC1R 4PJ, GB)
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