Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inlet
- Patent Title (中): 进口
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Application No.: US14417937Application Date: 2012-08-06
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Publication No.: US09231343B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Hiroaki Yuasa
- Applicant: Hiroaki Yuasa
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/069961 WO 20120806
- International Announcement: WO2014/024241 WO 20140213
- Main IPC: H01R13/627
- IPC: H01R13/627 ; H01R13/631 ; B60L11/12 ; B60L11/14 ; B60L11/18 ; H01R13/74

Abstract:
An inlet is an inlet to which a charging connector is connected when charging a power storage device mounted in a hybrid vehicle from an external power supply. The inlet includes a cylindrical guide wall that guides the charging connector to be connected to the inlet; a flange portion that is provided in a plate shape on an outer periphery of the guide wall, and is fixed to the vehicle; a lever retaining portion that is provided on the outer periphery of the guide wall, and retains the charging connector; and a recessed portion that is provided in a position overlapping with the lever retaining portion when viewed from a connecting direction of the charging connector, and is recessed toward the connecting direction of the charging connector from the flange portion. This kind of structure provides an inlet in which a protruding length from the vehicle side is reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150162707A1 INLET Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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