Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor vehicle charging inlet structure
- Patent Title (中): 汽车充气入口结构
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Application No.: US14514058Application Date: 2014-10-14
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Publication No.: US09346368B2Publication Date: 2016-05-24
- Inventor: Terutoshi Bito
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-215823 20131016
- Main IPC: H01R13/44
- IPC: H01R13/44 ; B60L11/18

Abstract:
A motor vehicle charging inlet structure includes: a first charging socket disposed in a recess portion of a vehicle body and connected to an electricity storage unit of a motor vehicle, the first charging socket being configured to be connected to a charging connector which supplies electric power from an external power supply to the electricity storage unit; a lid configured to open and close the recess portion; and a lock member configured to, when the lid is closed, come into engagement with the lid to fix the lid in a closed state and configured to, when the charging connector is connected to the first charging socket in a state in which the engagement of the lock member with the lid is released, come into press-contact with the charging connector to fix the charging connector in a connected state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150104961A1 MOTOR VEHICLE CHARGING INLET STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2015-04-16
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