- Patent Title: Impact energy absorbing vehicle charging port support arrangement
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Application No.: US13319931Application Date: 2010-06-28
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Publication No.: US09656694B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Yasutsune Terashima , Takeshi Kakiuchi , Masahiro Ataka
- Applicant: Yasutsune Terashima , Takeshi Kakiuchi , Masahiro Ataka
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2009-168487 20090717
- International Application: PCT/IB2010/001561 WO 20100628
- International Announcement: WO2011/007223 WO 20110120
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; B62D21/15 ; B60K1/04 ; B60L11/18 ; B62D25/08

Abstract:
A vehicle charging port arrangement is provided with a vehicle body, a charging port support member and an electric charging port. The vehicle body includes a vehicle front end portion. The charging port support member is supported on the vehicle front end portion. The charging port support member includes an energy absorbing structure that is configured and arranged to deform towards a support structure of the vehicle front end portion and into an energy absorbing area that is disposed forward of the support structure of the vehicle front end portion during a frontal impact. The electric charging port is attached to the charging port support member, with the electric charging port being configured to receive an electric charging connector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120049799A1 VEHICLE CHARGING PORT ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2012-03-01
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