Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Patent application DE102009023409 is known in the state of th e art and discloses an electric chargingpoint for an electric vehicle, this cha rging point being connected to a fixed vertical wall via springs. Anelectric ve hicle comprising an electrical contact protection hatch can couple directly with the chargingpoint as soon as the hatch is in the open position.
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