Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle charging connector
- Patent Title (中): 车载充电接头
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Application No.: US13179632Application Date: 2011-07-11
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Publication No.: US08152550B2Publication Date: 2012-04-10
- Inventor: Toshifumi Ichio , Akinori Takada , Shuichi Nagata
- Applicant: Toshifumi Ichio , Akinori Takada , Shuichi Nagata
- Applicant Address: JP JP
- Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,Toyoto Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,Toyoto Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco
- Priority: JP2010-202236 20100909
- Main IPC: H01R13/62
- IPC: H01R13/62

Abstract:
A vehicle charging connector is configured to be coupled to a vehicle-side connector to charge a vehicle battery via the vehicle-side connector. The vehicle charging connector includes a housing, a coupling portion provided on a housing, and a lever. The lever has a lever bar accommodated in the housing, a lock portion provided on one end of the lever bar and configured to engage with a lock receiving portion of the vehicle-side connector to maintain the coupling portion and the vehicle-side connector in a coupled condition, and an unlock operation portion provided on the other end of the lever bar and operable to release an engagement between the lock portion and the lock receiving portion. An upper surface of the lever bar includes a water guide adjacent to the lock portion. The water guide includes a slope surface having a downward inclination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120064755A1 VEHICLE CHARGING CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2012-03-15
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