CN102790317A - Connector holding device and charging device using the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a connector holding device and a charging device using the same, wherein the connector holding device locks a charging connector and prevents the charging connector from accidental disengagement via a relatively simple structure. The connector holding device comprises: a holding portion (1) suitable for holding the charging connector (30) for charging a secondary battery for an electrical vehicle; a locking portion (2) suitable for cooperating with a latch portion (30g) of the charging connector (30) to prevent disconnection of the charging connector (30); and a limiting portion (3) used for limiting movement of the latch portion (30g).
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to be used to keep the connector of charge connector to keep equipment; Said charge connector is used for to being installed on vehicle such as the secondary cell charge in battery-driven motor vehicle and the plug-in hybrid vehicle (hereinafter referred to as " motor vehicle "), and the charging device that this equipment is installed.
Background technology
In recent years, motor vehicle is instead of gasoline or diesel vehicle use day by day, because environmental problem has been recognized in the whole world day by day.Here, be installed on secondary cell in the motor vehicle through charging via for example charging cable supply of electrical energy from charging device.
Such charging device that is used for motor vehicle for example is known as and comprises: charge connector, its be suitable for via from be installed on vertically ground electric pole extend to the outside charging cable can be disconnected to be connected to the vehicle side connector that is arranged at the motor vehicle; And being arranged at the connector receiving unit on the upper outside of electric pole, this connector receiving unit keeps charge connector (for example, the open No.H11-122714 of japanese unexamined patent) separatably through the current-carrying part that receives charge connector.
Keep charge connector in this case at the connector receiving unit through the current-carrying part that receives charge connector, charge connector all of a sudden breaks away from from the connector receiving unit probably.And in above-mentioned connector receiving unit, charge connector may damage owing to harmful act, is perhaps stolen.
Summary of the invention
Consider above situation, target of the present invention provides a kind of connector and keeps equipment, and it can prevent that simultaneously it all of a sudden breaks away from simple relatively structure locking charge connector.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of connector to keep equipment, it comprises: retaining part, and it is suitable for being kept for the charge connector to the secondary cell charge of motor vehicle; The lock part, it is suitable for matching to prevent that the charge connector disconnection is connected with the latch portion of charge connector; And restricted part, be used for moving of limit catch latching segment.
Retaining part can be the charging port that charge connector is electrically connected on this motor vehicle.
Restricted part can comprise the locking key part, is used for restricted part is locked under the state that moves of restricted part limit catch latching segment.
Retaining part and lock part can be arranged in the opening that caves inward in box-shaped body; And restricted part can be arranged in the main body and can partly cover opening so that the moving of limit catch latching segment.
Main body can comprise the cable retaining part, is used to keep the charging cable from the charge connector extension.
Main body can be provided with the mounting portion, is used for main body is mounted to wall.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of and comprised that said connector keeps the charging device of equipment.According to the present invention, connector keeps equipment to prevent that simultaneously it all of a sudden breaks away from simple relatively structure locking charge connector.
And charging device can prevent that simultaneously it all of a sudden breaks away from simple relatively structure locking charge connector.
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Target of the present invention and characteristics will become obviously will describing from the embodiment that provides below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, wherein:
Figure 1A to 1C illustrates charge connector and remains in according to the state in the connector maintenance equipment of first embodiment of the invention, and wherein Figure 1A is the perspective view of major part, and Figure 1B is the end view of major part, and Fig. 1 C is the cross-sectional view of major part;
Fig. 2 A and 2B illustrate the sketch map of operation that connector keeps the restricted part of equipment;
Fig. 3 A and 3B illustrate charge connector and remain in according to the state in another connector maintenance equipment of the modified example of first embodiment, and wherein Fig. 3 A is a front view, and Fig. 3 B is an end view;
The connector that Fig. 4 A to 4E illustrates according to second embodiment of the invention keeps equipment, and wherein Fig. 4 A is a front view, and Fig. 4 B is a right side view, and Fig. 4 C is a top view, and Fig. 4 D is a rearview, and Fig. 4 E is the position front view different with Fig. 4 A of wherein restricted part;
The connector that Fig. 5 A and 5B illustrate among Fig. 4 A to 4E keeps equipment state in use, and wherein Fig. 5 A is a front view, and Fig. 5 B is a right side view;
Fig. 6 A to 6C illustrates the structure of the major part of the connector maintenance equipment among Fig. 4 A; Wherein Fig. 6 A is the perspective view of the state of locking key part release; Fig. 6 B is that locking key partly locks limiting the perspective view of the state that this restricted part moves, and Fig. 6 C is the left side view that the state of Fig. 6 B is shown;
Fig. 7 A and 7B illustrate the charging device that the connector that is equipped with among Fig. 4 A to 4E keeps equipment, and wherein Fig. 7 A is a front view, and Fig. 7 B is a right side view; And
Fig. 8 is the schematic block circuit diagram that the charging device of the connector maintenance equipment among Fig. 4 A to 4E is installed.
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Connector according to first embodiment of the invention keeps equipment 10 to describe in detail with reference to Figure 1A to 2B.
The connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 to comprise: retaining part 1 is used to keep to be used for charge connector 30 to the secondary cell (not shown) charging of motor vehicle; Lock part 2 is fit to match to prevent that charge connector 30 and connector from keeping equipment 10 to break away from the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30; And restricted part 3, it is used for limit catch latching segment 30g and on the direction indicated by the dotted arrow shown in Figure 1B, moves.
More specifically, the connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 can keep the charge connector 30 as the charging rifle, that is, and and with the rifle type plug that is connected to the charging port (not shown) that is arranged in the motor vehicle.Through using charge connector 30, the secondary cell of motor vehicle charges via charging cable 30d.Charge connector 30 comprises L shaped body part 30a with cylindrical forward part 30b and the charging cable 30d (referring to Fig. 1 C) that extends from another end opposite with the fore-end 30b of body part 30a.Charge connector 30 is supplied to charging port with electric energy via the current-carrying part (not shown) that is incorporated among the fore-end 30b.On the body part 30a of charge connector 30, be provided with handle portion 30h, be used for making more easily and hold charge connector 30 in hand by the user.And, charging cable 30d be connected to power supply such as the socket (not shown) on commercial power one side and with supply of electrical energy to motor vehicle.Notice that charging cable 30d can optionally have the length of 12 millimeters diameter and roughly 3 meters, 7.5 meters or 15 meters.
The latch portion 30g of charge connector 30 forms the hook-type with metal locking pawl 30ga; Metal locking pawl 30ga will be hooked on the lock part in the charging port that is arranged at motor vehicle, so that charge connector 30 almost can not break away from the charging port of motor vehicle when giving the secondary cell charge of motor vehicle.
The release-push 30c of button-type is arranged on the outer surface of body part 30a of charge connector 30.Through pushing release-push 30c, the lock pawl 30ga of the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30 (referring to the dotted arrow shown in Figure 1B) on away from the direction of the neighboring of cylindrical forward part 30b moves.In other words, latch portion 30g is configured to allow lock pawl 30ga to move away from the neighboring of head portion 30b through the operation of release-push 30b.
Now, under the non-charging mode of the secondary cell of motor vehicle, the connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 for example can keep charge connector 30 through the latch portion 30g that use is arranged in the charge connector 30.
Connector keeps equipment 10 to comprise the main body 10a with vertically elongated box shaped.In the roughly lower central part in the front of main body 10a, be provided with the opening 10c that caves inward.Retaining part 1 is contained among the opening 10c that caves inward among the box-shaped body 10a with lock part 2 on the neighboring that is arranged at retaining part 1.Retaining part 1 forms the tubular of bottom closure, and its internal diameter is less times greater than the external diameter of the fore-end 30b of charge connector 30, so that retaining part 1 can keep charge connector 30.Restricted part 3 has cover, and it is given prominence to forward and be used as from main body 10a and prevents that sunlight or water from infiltrating through the lid of opening 10c.It is crescent in front view that the cover of the restricted part 3 of present embodiment forms, and it projects upwards and be crooked.And, allow restricted part 3 to go up and slide with respect to main body 10a at vertical direction (in shown in the four-headed arrow) referring to Figure 1B.That is, restricted part 3 can be slided between top release portion shown in Fig. 2 A and the lower limit position shown in Fig. 2 B.
With reference to Fig. 2 A and 2B, restricted part 3 is configured to forwardly vertically slide between the guide 100a and rear portion guide 100b, and forward guide 100a and rear portion guide 100b are arranged at front inner surface and the rear inner surface place of main body 10a respectively.Restricted part 3 comprises from the upper end of cover upwardly extending sheet section 3b and the retainer part 3c that extends back from the upper end of sheet section 3b.Front surface place and location, upper and lower depression 100ab that projection 3d is arranged at sheet section 3b are formed in the back surface of anterior targeting part 100a.Projection 3d can be matched with among the depression 100ab of location, upper and lower.
In the state shown in Fig. 2 A, when restricted part 3 was depressed, restricted part 3 was to lower slider, and while sheet section 3b flexibly deflection breaks away to allow projection 3d and top location depression 100ab.When the position that restricted part 3 arrives shown in Fig. 2 B, projection 3d is matched with among the depression 100ab of location, bottom to keep restricted part 3.At this moment, retainer part 3c is brought into the upper surface of rear portion guide 100 and contacts, and this prevents that restricted part 3 from exceedingly moving down.In the lower limit position shown in Fig. 2 B, the cover of restricted part 3 contacts with latch portion 30g and limit catch latching segment 30g moves on away from the direction of the neighboring of fore-end 30b.
Hereinafter, utilize the connector of present embodiment to keep the method for equipment description.
Connector keeps equipment 10 to keep charge connector 30 through the tubular retaining part 1 that the cylindrical forward part 30b with charge connector 30 inserts bottom closure.
When charge connector 30 inserted retaining part 1, the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30 began to keep the lock part 2 of equipment 10 to contact with connector.Then, latch portion 30g along the lock part 2 shape away from the direction upper deflecting of fore-end 30b and when crossing lock part 2, return back to fore-end 30b.Thereby the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30 and connector keep the lock part 2 of equipment 10 match (referring to Figure 1B and 1C).
Then, restricted part 3 can be with respect to main body 10a (downside among Figure 1B) slip downwards, and charge connector 30 is held on (referring to Figure 1B and 1C) between restricted part 3 and the retaining part 1 thus.The latch portion 30g that is held on the charge connector 30 between restricted part 3 and the retaining part 1 almost can not move on the direction away from the neighboring of cylindrical forward part 30b, even the release-push 30c of charge connector 30 is pressed.Thereby the mobile of latch portion 30g is restricted, so that restricted part 3 can prevent that latch portion 30g and lock part 2 break away from.
Notice that the support frame 1C of retaining part 1 is arranged on the exterior bottom surface of tubular retaining part 1 of bottom closure, so that retaining part 1 can pivot around the back shaft 10e as fulcrum that is arranged among the main body 10a.Thereby, keeping in the equipment 10 at the connector of present embodiment, retaining part 1 can point to forward the state of direction (this makes and is easy to charge connector 30 is inserted retaining parts 1) basically of main body 10a at it; With and forwards between the state of downward-sloping (this release is applied to the stress of retaining part 1), pivoting with respect to main body 10a.
And; The connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 to be not limited to the structure that retaining part 1 and lock part 2 are set dividually shown in Figure 1A to 1C; Wherein retaining part 1 keeps the local charge connector 30 that inserts wherein, matches with the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30 and break away from the charge connector 30 that suppresses to remain in the retaining part 1 in lock part 2.For instance, shown in Fig. 3 A and 3B, connector keeps equipment 10 can be included in the cylindrical bar among the opening 10c of main body 10a, and the lock pawl 30ga of the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30 is hooked on the bar so that be held.In other words, the two function of cylindrical bar retaining part capable of being combined 1 and lock part 2.This connector keeps equipment 10 for example can be mounted to the outer wall W in house so that use.
Utilize aforesaid relatively simply structure, the connector maintenance equipment 10 of present embodiment can lock charge connector 30 and prevent that simultaneously it all of a sudden breaks away from, and makes thus to prevent that charge connector 30 from being stolen or being damaged by harmful mode.
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To keep equipment 10 with reference to the connector that Fig. 4 A to 6C describes according to second embodiment of the invention now.Second embodiment and the first embodiment difference are; Except restricted part 3 and with the lock part 2 that latch portion 30g matches; Be provided with locking key part 4 (referring to Fig. 6 A), it is locked in restricted part 3 under the state that limit catch latching segment 30g moves.Notice, identical reference number assign to first embodiment in those identical parts and its redundant description will omit.
Hereinafter, will describe the connector maintenance equipment 10 of present embodiment with reference to Fig. 4 A to 6C in detail, and will describe the charging device 20 that the connector that be equipped with present embodiment keeps equipment 10 in detail with reference to Fig. 7 A to 8.
Be similar to first embodiment, the connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 to comprise: be suitable for being kept for the retaining part 1 to the charge connector 30 of the secondary cell (not shown) charging of motor vehicle; Be fit to match to suppress the lock part 2 that charge connector 30 and connector keep equipment 10 to break away from the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30; And be used for the restricted part 3 that moves of limit catch latching segment 30g.
The connector of present embodiment keeps the equipment 10 for example can be at the non-charging mode of the secondary cell of motor vehicle maintenance charge connector 30 and comprise box-shaped body 10a down.The opening 10c that caves inward is arranged in the approximate centre part of front surface of main body 10a.And retaining part 1 is arranged among the opening 10c that caves inward among the box-shaped body 10a with lock part 2.And restricted part 3 is arranged among the body 10a and partly covers opening 10c.
In addition, the main body 10a cable retaining part 10ac (referring to Fig. 5 B) that has the anterior 10aa of rectangle, rectangle rear portion 10ab and can between rear portion 10ab and anterior 10aa, keep charging cable 30d.The top of cable retaining part 10ac for example forms half round post, and the charging cable 30d with 12 mm dias for example can not have to twine four circles in the above under overlapping.And the upper end of half-cylindrical cable retaining part 10ac comes off from the anterior 10aa of main body 10a with the charging cable 30d that prevents to be wound on it than the upper end of anterior 10aa is low.In other words, main body 10a comprises the cable retaining part 10ac that can keep from the charging cable 30d of charge connector 30 extensions.
Keep being provided with the tubular retaining part 1 of the bottom closure with hollow parts 1a in the front side of main body 10a of equipment 10 at connector, the internal diameter of hollow parts 1a is less times greater than the external diameter of the fore-end 30b of charge connector 30.Notice that retaining part 1 is provided with gathering sill 1b (referring to Fig. 4 A), the direction protrusion (not shown) that is arranged among the fore-end 30b of charge connector 30 inserts wherein so that be held.And the connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 to be configured among main body 10a (seeing Fig. 3 B and 4B) to keep pivotally being arranged at respect to main body 10a a 1d (referring to the dotted arrow shown in Fig. 4 B) of retaining part 1.Just, allow retaining part 1 its roughly point to main body 10a forwards to state (referring to Fig. 4 A) and its forwards between the state of downward-sloping (this release puts on the stress (referring to Fig. 4 E) of retaining part 1), pivoting with respect to main body 10a.Thereby, in connector keeps equipment 10, can be easily the fore-end 30b of charge connector 30 be inserted retaining part 1.
Here, connector keeps the restricted part 3 of equipment 10 between the mobile state that is restricted (referring to Fig. 4 E) of state (referring to Fig. 4 A) that moving of latch portion 30g is not restricted and latch portion 30g, to change.And connector keeps equipment 10 to comprise locking key part 4 (referring to Fig. 6 A to 6C), is used for locking restricted part 3 (referring to Fig. 5 A) under the state that moves of restricted part 3 limit catch latching segment 30g.
Restricted part 3 keeps the lid that anterior 10aa is outstanding forward and but the formation in the vertical direction slides with respect to main body 10a of equipment 10 from connector.When restricted part 3 was slided with respect to main body 10a vertically, lock 4a was exposed to the anterior 10aa (referring to Fig. 4 E and 5A) of main body 10a.Here, when charge connector 30 inserted restricted part 3 and then restricted part 3 glides with respect to main body 10a, connector kept equipment 10 clamping charge connector 30 between the retaining part 1 of restricted part 3 and main body 10a.The latch portion 30g that has prevented to be held on the charge connector 30 between restricted part 3 and the retaining part 1 moves away the neighboring of cylindrical forward part 30b, even the release-push 30c of charge connector 30 is pressed.Therefore, restricted part 3 limit catch latching segment 30g move, thereby make and be difficult to cooperating of latch part 30g and lock part 2.
Now, keep in the equipment 10 at connector, the latch portion 30g that slides to charge connector 30 in restricted part for 3 times is locked in the following time of state in the cooperation, and the lock 4a of locking key part 4 is exposed to the outside.In locking key part 4, when the key (not shown) matches and overturns with the cylinder-type lock 4a with a pair of slot-open-section 4aa, lock 4a rotation.Keep the main body 10a of equipment 10 inner at connector, elongated flange 4b inserts under the state between flange 4b and the lock 4a at the supporting bracket 10b that is fixed to main body 10a and is connected to lock 4a, shown in Fig. 6 A to 6C.When lock 4a rotation, flange 4b is around the axis rotation of lock 4a.In the head portion of flange 4b, be provided with a pair of projection 4ba that gives prominence to towards the inner wall surface of main body 10a from the surface of flange 4b, 4ba.Depression 4bb is defined between projection 4ba, the 4ba.And supporting bracket 10b supports together with restricted part 3 and moves and have a roughly slipper 3a of C shape cross section.In slipper 3a, be provided with the inner outstanding jut 3aa (referring to Fig. 6 C) of main body 10a that keeps equipment 10 towards connector.Jut 3aa catches at projection 4ba, the 4ba that the latch portion 30g of charge connector 30 is locked under the state in the cooperation by flange 4b.Thereby locking key part 4 can suppress restricted part 3 with respect to the moving of body 10a, so that restricted part 3 is locked in the mobile state that is restricted of latch portion 30g.
Notice, in motor vehicle, keep equipment 10 can be arranged at that charge connector 30 is electrically connected in this charging port under the charge mode at the secondary cell of motor vehicle at the connector that uses under the non-charging mode of secondary cell.In other words, connector keeps equipment 10 can be arranged on the motor vehicle side.In the case, retaining part 1 is electrically connected on the charging port of this motor vehicle as charge connector 30.
The connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 can be equipped on the charging device 20 shown in Fig. 7 A and 7B.Charging device 20 shown in Fig. 7 A and the 7B is for example as locating the charging station to the secondary cell charge of motor vehicle public with parking lot commercial facility.Charging device 20 is configured to be included in the rectangular parallelepiped protrusion part housing 21 that has openable door body 22 on its front side; And be arranged at the socket block 23 (referring to Fig. 8) in the housing 21.
Connector keeps equipment 10 to be installed on the right side of housing 21 of charging device 20.For this reason, be used for the mounting portion 10d that connector keeps equipment 10 to be installed on the housing 21 is arranged at main body 10a (referring to Fig. 4 D).Mounting portion 10d for example is made up of with 11b two through hole 11a at the upper and lower place that is arranged at rear portion 10ab respectively, and its mode is to make connector maintenance equipment 10 be mounted to by the screw (not shown) on the side surface of housing 21 of charging device 20.Top through hole 11a is designed to support this load that keeps equipment 10 or charging cable 30d like connector.Through hole 11a is by in plane graph, having large diameter circular hole 11aa; And extend upward from the top of circular hole 11aa and diameter constitutes less times greater than the elongated hole 11ab of the diameter of above-mentioned screw (not shown).Lower through-hole 11b forms has the circle of its diameter less times greater than the diameter of screw (not shown).Thereby it is in place so that fixing that mounting portion 10d can keep equipment 10 to regulate connector.
As shown in Figure 8, the socket block 23 of charging device 20 mainly is made up of earth leakage circuit breaker 35 and the socket 31 that has corresponding to the insertion port 31A of 3-phase plug.Socket 31 is arranged as in housing 21 to oblique crustal inclination down, so that the attaching plug at the ends place opposite with charge connector 30 that is arranged at charging cable 30d can easily be connected in this and prevent that water droplet from penetrating into wherein.
One end of feed cable 34 is connected to the socket 31 in the socket block 23 via earth leakage circuit breaker 35.The other end of feed cable 34 extends to the outside of housing 21 and is connected to the external power source (not shown) such as commercial power.Just, electric energy is supplied to socket 31 from external power source via feed cable 34.When the attaching plug of charging cable 30d inserted socket 31 and charge connector 30 and is connected to the charging port that is arranged in the motor vehicle, the secondary cell that is installed in the motor vehicle was recharged.
And interlocking device 32 is arranged in the socket block 23.Interlocking device 32 comprises switch 32A, be connected to the excitation coil 32B of supply line and insert via switch 32A and be connected to the supply line of socket 31 and closed relay contact 32C when excitation coil 32B is energized only.
Switch 32A is arranged as in housing 21 outstanding towards door body 22.And the actuator (not shown) is set to from the rear side of door body 22 outstanding towards the inside of housing 21.When door body 22 was in the close position, actuator push switch 32A and switch 32A connected.And when door body 22 was shown in an open position, switch 32A was from being discharged and switch 32A disconnection by pushing of actuator.
In other words, when door body 22 was in the close position, switch 32A connected and exciting current flows into excitation coil 32B.Thereby relay contact 32C closure and supply line are connected to charge connector 30 via socket 31.On the other hand, when door body 22 was not in the close position, switch 32A broke off.Thereby relay contact 32C opens and supply line breaks away from via socket 31 and charge connector 30.For this reason, do not have power supply to supply with, be connected to socket 31 and door body 22 closures up to the attaching plug of charge connector 30.Therefore, open and allow to touch under the state of the charging cable 30d in the housing 21, do not have power supply to supply with at door body 22.This makes and can prevent electric shock.
And, in socket block 23, be provided with illumination control circuit 33, be used to carry out the light the control whether attaching plug of indicating charge connector 30 is connected to two indicating device 33A (referring to Fig. 7 A) of socket 31 and supply of electrical energy.Corresponding indicating device 33A for example is made up of green glow and red light-emitting diode.For instance, when supply of electrical energy, illumination control circuit 33 is lighted an indicating device 33A with green light.When not having supply of electrical energy, illumination control circuit 33 is closed it.And under the charge mode of secondary cell, illumination control circuit 33 is lighted another indicating device 33A to glow.
Notice; Though not shown, charging circuit interrupting device (CCID) is arranged among charging device 20 or the charging cable 30d, wherein CCID detects the connection status with motor vehicle; Carry out detection of electrical leakage, and the supply line between motor vehicle and the power supply is broken off detecting when unusual.CCID comprises and is used to connect and be breaking at the external power source of motor vehicle and the relay (not shown) of the supply line between the secondary cell; And control circuit (not shown).CCID interrupts electric energy is supplied to from external power source the supply line of the secondary cell of motor vehicle when relay is opened.And CCID allows electric energy is supplied to from external power source the secondary cell of motor vehicle when relay closes.Control circuit is sent to electronic control unit (ECU) (not shown) that is installed in the motor vehicle with control signal, thus the rated current of circular external power source and charging cable 30d.This makes ECU can give the secondary cell charge of motor vehicle based on the rated current of external power source and charging cable 30d through charging current.And control circuit has and is detecting anomaly ratio is used for the interruption of power supply circuit like when electric leakage positive opening relay function.
Keep in the charging device 20 of equipment 10 at the connector that comprises present embodiment; Under the charge mode of motor vehicle; Charging cable 30d allow the extra section of charging cable 30d to be wrapped on the cable retaining part 10ac, so that can be held and not extend on the ground.And, even under non-charging mode, also can remain and not extend to (referring to Fig. 5 B, 7A and 7B) on the ground through charging cable 30d being wrapped in cable retaining part 10ac goes up and with charging cable 30d.
Keep in the equipment 10 at connector, can as stated charging cable 30d be wrapped in cable retaining part 10ac and go up so that keep, so that charging cable 30d does not extend on the ground under charge mode.Therefore, can suppress too much stress ratio hooks it like the pin owing to the user and is applied to charging cable 30d.And, even charging cable 30d does not extend on the ground yet under non-charging mode, become near the passage obstacle the housing 21 so that prevent charging cable 30d, such as being hooked by pin.And cable retaining part 10ac is arranged on the outside of housing 21, so that charging cable 30d need not to be contained in the housing 21.Therefore, can avoid the size of housing 21 to increase.
Be arranged under the situation among charging device 20 or the charging cable 30d at CCID, except the supply line of the secondary cell that is connected to motor vehicle, charging cable 30d comprises and is used for and is installed on the signal line that the electronics in the motor vehicle communicate.Thereby, comparing with the situation that only comprises supply line, charging cable 30d has bigger diameter.And preferably charging cable 30d has enough length to connect charging device 20 and motor vehicle, even vehicle stops away from charging device 20 ground.And, in charging cable 30d, be provided with the charge connector that is used for motor vehicle is connected in this.If stay the outside, charging cable 30d can become near the path obstacle the housing 21, such as being hooked by pin.For this reason, to keep equipment 10 to provide to keep charging cable 30d integratedly will be great advantage for cable retaining part 10ac and connector.
Notice that shown in Fig. 7 A and 7B, connector keeps equipment 10 to be arranged on the right side of housing 21 of charging device 20, but is not limited thereto, and can be arranged on its left side or the front side.And connector keeps equipment 10 to need not to be arranged on the housing 21 of charging device 20, but can be arranged on the outer wall of housing.Connector keeps the quantity of equipment 10 to be not limited to one, but can be more than one, if necessary.And as retaining part 1 and the lock part 2 that the connector shown in Fig. 3 A and 3B keeps equipment 10, the connector of present embodiment keeps equipment 10 can be configured to make up the function of retaining part 1 and lock part 2.
The connector that comprises present embodiment keeps the charging device 20 of equipment 10 to allow charge connector 30 lockings with simple relatively structure and prevents that it all of a sudden breaks away from.For this reason, comprise that connector keeps the charging device 20 of equipment 10 can prevent that charge connector 30 from being stolen or being damaged by harmful mode.
Though illustrated and described the present invention, those skilled in the art will appreciate that and to make various variations and modification not breaking away under the present invention such as the following claim institute restricted portion with respect to embodiment.
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1. a connector keeps equipment, and it comprises:
Retaining part, it is suitable for being kept for the charge connector to the secondary cell charge of motor vehicle;
The lock part, it is suitable for matching to prevent that the charge connector disconnection is connected with the latch portion of charge connector; And
Restricted part is used for moving of limit catch latching segment.
2. connector as claimed in claim 1 keeps equipment, and wherein connector maintenance equipment is arranged in the motor vehicle; And
Retaining part is the charging port of motor vehicle, and charge connector is electrically connected on this charging port.
3. connector as claimed in claim 1 keeps equipment, and wherein restricted part comprises the locking key part, is used for restricted part is locked under the state that moves of restricted part limit catch latching segment.
4. connector as claimed in claim 1 keeps equipment, and wherein retaining part and lock part are arranged in the opening that caves inward in box-shaped body; And
Restricted part is arranged in the main body and locally covers opening so that the moving of limit catch latching segment.
5. connector as claimed in claim 4 keeps equipment, and wherein main body comprises the cable retaining part, is used to keep the charging cable from the charge connector extension.
6. keep equipment like claim 4 or 5 described connectors, wherein main body comprises the mounting portion, is used for main body is mounted to wall.
7. charging device, its any one described connector that is equipped with like claim 1 and claim 3 to 5 keeps equipment.
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