Apple rescued with the new iPhone 12 the MagSafe technology that was very present in the Macs of a few years ago. Apparently the iPhone 12 and future will not be the only ones that include MagSafe but that Apple Cars could also integrate it. In this article we will tell you all the details of the new patent that rescues the idea of an Apple car.
Apple proposes a charging system for vehicles
There have been many rumors that Apple was working on the creation of a new autonomous car. This idea was disappearing with the passage of time due to the complications that Apple faced with its Titan Project. Although, there have been many patents that have been thrown in this regard and despite the fact that everything seemed to have remained in the development of software for other brands, it might not be like that.
What is known about this Titan Project is that Apple plans to design a 100% electric car. In this way, they respond to their efforts to protect the environment with numerous measures that have been implemented in recent months. The basic problem of this type of vehicle with respect to combustion vehicles is that the user must always remember to charge it by plugging it into an electrical outlet to be able to use it the next day. Apple wants to alleviate this problem with a new charging system that they have patented that allows a user to park the vehicle and for it to start recharging automatically. This patent is entitled ‘Charging Station with Passive Alignment Mechanism’.
The charging station proposed in the patent shows a plug with a rod system that will allow the plug to be moved vertically and horizontally so that it can be connected to the car. In this way, the only thing the driver will have to do is park the electric vehicle as close as possible to the socket itself. Although, a perfect parking is not necessary since the plug within a range will be able to move to position and connect it by itself. Once the charger has been aligned with the vehicle’s input socket, all you have to do is open the charging door and plug it in.
This is all based on something very similar to MagSafe that allows an iPhone’s charging coils to align with a charger by magnetic attraction. The ultimate goal is to facilitate the charging of electric vehicles which is one of the biggest problems for drivers today. We must remember that society is heading towards a fleet of vehicles focused on electric mobility.
Is the idea of an Apple car coming back?
There are many patents that Apple presents with ideas very similar to this. At first they are quite ingenious and innovative and they try to correct a problem in society and especially looking to the future. Obviously this is a system that can be applied at first to numerous cars of other brands than Apple. That is why this charging station patented by Apple may not correspond to a launch in the coming years of the much-mentioned Apple Car. What is possible is that the company takes the course of helping other companies in this regard to continue evolving with your car systems.
