CN217477106U - Charging port protection device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a mouthful protector charges, it includes the mounting bracket, the driving piece of rolling slats door subassembly and drive rolling slats door subassembly motion, the mounting bracket includes the base, the rolling slats door subassembly includes rolling slats door and the fitting piece of being connected with the rolling slats door transmission, the base is equipped with cup joints the hole, cup joint the hole and cup joint in electric automobile's the seat that receives, the rolling slats door corresponds cup joints the hole setting, driving piece drive fitting piece drives the rolling slats door motion so that the rolling slats door has the closed position that seals cup joint the hole and expose the open position of cup jointing the hole, the driving piece is connected on being used for the rifle that charges that receives the seat to charge, and the rifle that charges drives the driving piece when moving to the base along first direction, the driving piece can be connected so that the rolling slats door by the closed position motion to open the position and make the head that charges of charging of rifle can with receive the seat coupling. The utility model discloses a mouthful protector charges realizes opening of rolling slats door closed through mechanical structure, has simplified the process of opening the door of rolling slats door to the interference killing feature is strong.

Description

Charging port protection device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the mouthful protection technique that charges and specifically relates to a mouthful protector that charges for electric automobile is related to.

Background

The mouth that charges of electric automobile commonly used has the dust deposit in the inside of the mouth that charges when not using, can influence the life and the performance of equipment, and when charging, along with the cooperation of the power receiving seat of rifle and electric automobile that charges, the inside that the deposited dust of the mouth that charges probably got into the power receiving seat easily causes the power receiving seat structure to warp, along with the problem of leakproofness variation, greatly reduced the stability that electric automobile charges. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the charging port of the electric automobile, the electric automobile is generally provided with a charging port protection device at present. The charging port guard includes a shutter for opening or closing the charging port, which is typically motor-driven or manually driven to move to effect opening or closing of the charging port. However, the structure is complex and the cost is high in a motor-driven mode, and the problem that the stopper cannot be smoothly opened or closed due to signal interference exists, and when the structure of the charging port is opened or closed through manual operation of the stopper, the charging gun is matched with the power receiving seat after the charging port is completely opened and the hand of the operator moves to a safe region in order to ensure the safety of the operator, so that the charging efficiency of the electric vehicle is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a mouthful protector charges, the driving piece is connected on the rifle that charges, sets up in the rolling slats door of the mouth that charges through the rifle and the power drive when the socket cooperation of charging mouthful is opened in the rolling slats door of the mouth that charges, and not only with low costs, the reliability is high, has guaranteed electric automobile's charge efficiency moreover.

In order to achieve the above object, the charging port protection device of the present invention comprises a mounting rack, the mounting rack comprises a base at least partially located inside a charging port of an electric vehicle, the charging port protection device further comprises a roller door assembly connected to the mounting rack and a driving member for driving the roller door assembly to move, the roller door assembly comprises a roller door and a matching member in transmission connection with the roller door, the base is provided with a socket hole, the socket hole is socket-connected to a socket of the electric vehicle, the roller door is arranged corresponding to the socket hole, the driving member drives the matching member to drive the roller door to move so that the roller door has a closing position for closing the socket hole and an opening position for exposing the socket hole, the driving member is connected to a charging gun for charging the socket, and the charging gun drives the driving member to move towards the base along a first direction, the drive member is drivingly connectable with the mating member to move the tambour door from a closed position to an open position and to enable a charging head of the charging gun to be coupled with the receptacle.

In an embodiment of the charging port protection device, the mating member is rotatably disposed on the base and has a rotation axis extending along a second direction, the mating member and the sleeve hole are disposed at an interval along the second direction, and when the rolling door is located at a closed position, along the first direction, a distance between the driving member and the mating member is smaller than a distance between a charging head of the charging gun and the rolling door.

In an embodiment of the charging port protection device, the driving member is a cylindrical body extending along the first direction, and the mating member is a cam member, and when the driving member moves along the first direction to abut against the cam member and drives the cam member to rotate, the cam member drives the rolling door to move from the closed position to the open position.

In an embodiment of the charging port protection device, the base is further provided with an insertion hole and an installation groove, the insertion hole and the installation groove are communicated with each other, the driving member is in insertion fit with the insertion hole, the cam member is located in the installation groove, and the cam member has an extension position extending into the insertion hole to enable the rolling door to be located at the closing position and an avoidance position retreating from the insertion hole to enable the rolling door to be located at the opening position.

In an embodiment of the above charging port protection device, the driving element is a rack extending along the first direction, the mating element is a gear element matched with the rack, and when the driving element moves along the first direction to a position where the driving element is meshed with the gear element and drives the gear element to rotate, the gear element drives the rolling door to move from a closed position to an open position.

In an embodiment of the above charging port protection device, the mounting bracket further includes a protective cover, the protective cover is fixedly connected to the base and is in a horn shape, and the rolling door is located between the protective cover and the base.

In an embodiment of the foregoing charging port protection device, the protection cover includes a guide surface and a guide hole, the guide surface is tapered along the first direction and close to the direction of the guide hole, the guide hole extends along the first direction, and the driving member is in insertion fit with the guide hole.

In an embodiment of the above-mentioned mouth protector that charges, the rolling slats door subassembly still includes rolling slats door spool and elastic component, the rolling slats door spool rotationally sets up in the base, the rolling slats door is around establishing on the rolling slats door spool, the elastic component is connected the rolling slats door spool with between the base, just the elastic component has the drive the rolling slats door spool rotates so that the rolling slats door is to the trend of closed position motion.

In an embodiment of the charging port protection device, the rolling door assembly further includes a swing rod, one end of the swing rod is connected to the mating member, and the other end of the swing rod is connected to the rolling door scroll.

In an embodiment of the above charging port protection device, the rolling door assembly further includes a reel in transmission connection with the rolling door reel, and the reel is in transmission connection with the swing rod through a pull rope.

The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that, the utility model discloses a mouthful protector charges realizes opening of rolling slats door closed through mechanical structure, and it drives driving piece and fitting piece contact cooperation with the help of the head that charges of rifle and the drive power of pegging graft of seat that receives electricity to make the rolling slats door move to opening the position by closing the position, simplified the process of opening the door of rolling slats door, and the interference killing feature is strong.

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a first perspective view of an embodiment of a charging port guard of the present invention (showing a charging gun and a charging socket);

fig. 2 is a structural diagram (showing a power receiving base) of a second viewing angle of an embodiment of the charging port protection device of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a structural view of the shutter door of the charging port guard of the present invention in a closed position;

fig. 4 is a structural view of the shutter door of the charging port guard of the present invention in an open position;

fig. 5 is a view of the shutter door of the charging port guard of the present invention in a closed position (the shield is not shown);

fig. 6 is a three-dimensional structural view (mounting frame not shown) of the shutter door of the charging port guard of the present invention in a closed position;

fig. 7 is a perspective view of the shutter door of the charging port guard of the present invention in an open position (mounting bracket not shown);

fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view of an embodiment of the charging port protection device of the present invention (the cross-section is taken along the axis of the insertion hole, and the cam member is located at the closed position);

fig. 9 is a schematic sectional structural view of an embodiment of the charging port protection device of the present invention (the sectional structure is cut along the axis direction of the insertion hole, and the cam member is located at the avoiding position).

Wherein the reference numerals

100-a mounting frame; 110-a base; 111-socket joint holes; 112-a plug-in hole; 113-a mounting groove; 120-a shield; 121-a guide surface; 122-a pilot hole; 200-a roller shutter door assembly; 210-a roller shutter door; 220-a mating member; 230-a roller shutter door; 240-a resilient member; 250-swing rod; 260-pulling rope; 270-a reel; 280-a stop block; 290-a stop; 300-a driver; 10-a power receiving seat; 20-a charging gun; 21-a charging head; x-a first direction; y-a second direction.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of the present invention is provided in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments for further understanding the objects, solutions and functions of the present invention, but not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims.

References in the specification to "an embodiment," "another embodiment," "the present embodiment," etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not intended to refer to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.

Where certain terms are used in the specification and following claims to refer to particular components or features, those skilled in the art will understand that various terms or numbers may be used by a skilled user or manufacturer to refer to the same component or feature. This specification and the claims that follow do not intend to distinguish between components or features that differ in name but not function. In the following description and in the claims, the terms "include" and "comprise" are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean "include, but not limited to. In addition, the term "coupled" is intended to include any direct or indirect coupling.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "lateral", "longitudinal", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. For clarity, the terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like, herein are used to distinguish one element, region, or section from another, same or similar element, region, or section, but do not limit the particular element, region, or section.

The utility model discloses a mouthful protector that charges is the protective structure of the mouth switching that charges that is used for the electrified seat on the rechargeable automobile of mechanical type, the driving piece is located and is used for the rechargeable gun that charges by the electric seat of electric automobile, the department of charging of electrified seat is equipped with the rolling slats door, and be equipped with rotatable fitting piece on the electrified seat, when the rechargeable gun cooperates with by the electric seat, the driving piece that together removes along with the rechargeable gun can drive the fitting piece motion, thereby it opens in order to expose the mouth that charges to drive the rolling slats door, and then make the head that charges of rechargeable gun and the mouth that charges of electrified seat couple smoothly, thereby the charging efficiency of electric automobile has been just guaranteed to the reliability that charges mouthful protector.

In detail, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the charging port protection device of the present invention includes a mounting frame 100, a rolling shutter door assembly 200 and a driving member 300, wherein the rolling shutter door assembly 200 is mounted on the mounting frame 100, and the driving member 300 drives the rolling shutter door assembly 200 to move. Wherein the mounting bracket 100 includes a base 110 at least partially inside a charging port of the electric vehicle, the roller door assembly 200 includes a roller door 210 and a fitting member 220, and the fitting member 220 is drivingly connected to the roller door 210.

The base 110 has a socket hole 111, the socket hole 111 is in socket connection with the power receiving socket 10 of the electric vehicle, and the rolling door 210 is disposed corresponding to the socket hole 111.

The charging port protection device provides protection for the power receiving base 10, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, when charging is not performed, the rolling door 210 shields the charging port of the power receiving base 10, when charging is performed, the charging gun 20 moves along the first direction X and is linked with the driving member 300, the charging port of the power receiving base 10 is exposed before the charging gun 20 is plugged into the power receiving base 10, as shown in fig. 4, the charging gun 20 can be coupled with the power receiving base 10 to charge the electric vehicle. Wherein, the driving member 300 drives the mating member 220 to drive the rolling door 210 to move, so that the rolling door 210 has a closed position for closing the socket hole 111 and an open position for exposing the socket hole 111, and the driving member 300 is connected to the charging gun 20 for charging the socket 10.

The utility model discloses an installation bracket 100 cup joints on receiving electricity seat 10 through the hole 111 that cup joints of base 110, and rolling slats door 210 of rolling slats door subassembly 200 rotates through fitting piece 220 drive rolling slats door 210, and driving piece 300 is configured to be before charging the mouth that charges of rifle 20 and receiving electricity seat 10 coupling, can with fitting piece 220 contact cooperation with drive rolling slats door 210 motion to the open position.

As shown in fig. 6, when the shutter 210 is located at the closed position, the charging head 21 of the charging gun 20 and the shutter 210 are sequentially disposed along the first direction X, and at the same time, the driving member 300 and the mating member 220 are sequentially disposed. When the charging gun 10 drives the driving member 300 to move toward the base 110 along the first direction X, the driving member 300 can be in transmission connection with the mating member 220, so that the rolling door 210 moves from the closed position to the open position, so that the charging head 21 of the charging gun 20 can be coupled with the receptacle 10. Specifically, the charging head 21 and the socket 10 may be in a matching manner such as plugging or butt-jointing, and the present invention is not limited in particular.

The utility model drives the driving piece 300 to contact and match with the matching piece 220 by the driving force when the charging head 21 of the charging gun 20 is coupled with the socket 10, so that the rolling door 210 moves from a closed position to an open position, and compared with the mode of adopting the motor to drive the charging port to open, the charging port protection device provided by the utility model simplifies the structure, improves the reliability and reduces the cost; and compare the manual mode of opening the mouth that charges, the utility model provides a mouth protector that charges need not to wait for just to make behind operator's the hand remove safe region charge head 21 and the coupling of seat 10 that receives to improved electric automobile's charge efficiency, in addition the utility model discloses in through adopting to set up in the driving piece 300 drive fitting piece motion of rifle 20 that charges in order to drive rolling slats door 210 motion to the open position or closed position, compare and adopt rigidity guard gate and drive the mode that rigidity guard gate opened or closed, the utility model provides a mouth protector that charges's compact structure, occupation space is little.

With reference to fig. 1, 6 and 7, the fitting element 220 is rotatably disposed on the base 110, the fitting element 220 has a rotation axis extending along the second direction Y, the fitting element 220 and the receiving hole 111 are spaced along the second direction Y, and when the shutter door 210 is located at the closed position, the distance between the driving element 300 and the fitting element 220 is smaller than the distance between the charging head 21 of the charging gun 20 and the shutter door 210 along the first direction X. Furthermore, in the process that the charging gun 20 moves along the first direction X, the driving element 300 contacts the mating element 220 in advance, and after the driving element 300 drives the mating element 220 to drive the rolling door 210 to move to the open position, the charging head 21 of the charging gun 20 reaches and passes through the power receiving socket 10, and can be smoothly plugged into the power receiving socket 10. Wherein, first direction X and second direction Y are the contained angle setting, and in this embodiment, first direction X is perpendicular with second direction Y, nevertheless the utility model discloses do not regard this as the limit.

The utility model discloses so be provided with and do benefit to the stability that improves driving piece 300 motion, and turn into the rotation of fitting piece 220 by driving piece 330's linear movement, do benefit to the compact structure nature that improves the mouthful protector that charges.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the driving member 300 is a cylindrical body extending along the first direction X, the fitting member 220 is a cam member, and when the driving member 300 moves to the abutting cam member along the first direction X and drives the cam member to rotate, the cam member drives the rolling door 210 to move from the closed position to the open position.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 5, fig. 8, and fig. 9, the base 110 further has a plug hole 112 and a mounting groove 113, the plug hole 112 is communicated with the mounting groove 113, the driving member 300 is in plug fit with the plug hole 112, the mating member 220 is located in the mounting groove 113, and the mating member 220 has an extending position (shown in fig. 8) extending into the plug hole 112 and a retracted position (shown in fig. 9) exiting from the plug hole 112. Wherein the mating member 220 is in the extended position when the tambour door 210 is in the closed position and the mating member 220 is in the retracted position when the tambour door 210 is in the open position.

Further, the mounting bracket 100 further includes a shield 120, and the shield 120 is fixedly connected to the base 110. The shield 120 and the base 110 are sequentially disposed along the first direction X, for example, the shield 120 is horn-shaped and is disposed at a position closer to the charging gun 20 relative to the base 110, and the rolling door 210 is disposed between the shield 120 and the base 110, which is more beneficial to improving reliability of the rolling door 210. The protective cover 120 is used for guiding the driving member 300 disposed on the charging gun 20 to be inserted into the insertion hole 112. In addition, the protection cover 12 of the present embodiment can also protect the fitting element 220, and can prevent the fitting element 220 from being touched by a foreign object, so as to prevent the rolling door 210 from being opened by mistake.

The rolling door 210 may specifically include a waterproof cloth, so as to improve the rainproof and anti-corrosion performance while reducing the cost, and of course, in other embodiments, the rolling door 210 may also be a metal plate rolling door, and the present invention is not limited specifically.

More specifically, the shield cap 120 includes a guide surface 121 and a guide hole 122, the guide surface 121 is tapered in the first direction X and in a direction close to the guide hole 122 for being engaged with the driving member 300, the guide hole 122 extends in the first direction X, and the driving member 300 is engaged with the guide hole 122 in a plugging manner. The guide hole 122 is disposed downstream of the guide surface 121 along the first direction X, and the driving member 300 is guided by the guide surface 121 and then inserted into the guide hole 122.

The guide hole 122 is communicated with the insertion hole 112, and during the insertion process of the charging gun 100 along the first direction X, the driving member 300 is guided by the guide surface 121 and enters the guide hole 122 and the insertion hole 112, and the driving member 300 is in contact fit with the fitting member 220 located in the insertion hole 112 to drive the rolling door 210 to move from the closed position to the open position.

The charging gun 20 is provided with two guide rods distributed on two sides of the charging head 21, for example, and the driving member 300 may be integrated with one of the guide rods, and correspondingly, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the base 110 and the protective cover 120 respectively have an insertion hole 112 and a guide hole 122 respectively inserted into the two guide rods, and when the charging gun 20 is inserted in the first direction X, the integrated driving member 300 performs both guiding and driving functions. The utility model discloses in, driving piece 300 is integrated for same part with the guide bar of rifle 20 that charges for the mouth protector that charges's simple structure is reliable.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the rolling door assembly 200 further includes a rolling door shaft 230 and an elastic member 240, the rolling door shaft 230 is rotatably disposed on the base 110, the rolling door 210 is wound on the rolling door shaft 230, the elastic member 240 is connected between the rolling door shaft 230 and the base 110, and the elastic member 240 has a tendency to rotate the rolling door shaft 230 to move the rolling door 210 to the closed position. The rolling door roll 230 includes two rolls disposed up and down, and the rolling door 210 is fixed by the two rolls.

In this embodiment, the elastic member 240 is a tension spring, one end of the tension spring is connected to the base 110, and the other end of the tension spring is connected to the roller shutter door reel 230, so that the tension spring can ensure that the roller shutter door 210 is driven to move to the closed position in time after the driving member 300 is separated from the mating member 220, and the reduction of the load when the roller shutter door 210 is opened is facilitated. In other embodiments, the elastic member 240 may also be a torsion spring or a plate spring, etc., and the present invention is not limited in particular.

As shown in fig. 6 to 7, the rolling door assembly 200 further includes a swing link 250, one end of the swing link 250 is drivingly connected to the fitting 220, and the other end of the swing link 250 is drivingly connected to the rolling door roller 230. The engaging member 220 causes the shutter roller 230 to rotate the shutter door 210 to open via the swing link 250.

In this embodiment, the swing link 250 is connected to the upper roller of the rolling door roller 230, and the rolling door 210 thereon is driven to move by the upper roller. In other embodiments, the swing link 250 may be connected to a lower roller of the shutter door roller 230, and the shutter door 210 may be driven to move by the lower roller.

The roller door assembly 200 further comprises a pull cord 260, and the swing link 250 is drivingly connected to the roller door shaft 230 via the pull cord 260. The roller door assembly 200 further includes a reel 270 drivingly connected to the roller door spool 230, the reel 270 and the rocker 250 being drivingly connected by a pull-cord transmission 326, the pull cord 324 driving the roller door spool 230 to rotate via the reel 237.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the rolling shutter door assembly 200 further includes a stopper 280 and a stopper 290, the stopper 280 is connected to the base 110, the stopper 290 is connected to the swing link 250, the swing link 250 drives the stopper 290 to rotate together when rotating, and the stopper 290 is stopped by the stopper 280 to limit the swing link 250 to rotate within a certain angle.

With reference to fig. 1 to 9, the working process of the present invention is: when rifle 20 need charge for electric automobile's socket 10 when charging, rifle 20 that charges can remove in order to be close to electric automobile's the mouth that charges along first direction X under artifical or motor drive, with the help of the drive rifle 20 that charges and socket 10 complex power, driving piece 300 can drive driving piece 220 and rotate, convert the linear motion of driving piece 300 into the rotation of pendulum rod 250, the gyro wheel that drives rolling slats door reel 230 rotates, open rolling slats door 210, and then make rifle 20 and socket 10 that charge peg graft smoothly, in order to charge for electric automobile. When the charging is completed, the charging gun 20 moves in the opposite direction of the first direction X to be separated from the receptacle 10, and after the driving member 300 is driven to be separated from the base 110, the roller of the roller door roller 230 is reset under the action of the elastic member 240, so as to close the roller door 210.

In addition, the engagement form of the driving member 300 and the engaging member 220 is not limited to the form of the cylindrical body and the cam member, and it is sufficient that the linear motion is converted into the rotation. In other embodiments, for example, the driving member 300 is a rack member extending along the inserting direction, and the engaging member 220 is a gear member engaged with the rack member, and when the rack member moves along the inserting direction to engage with the gear member and drive the gear member to rotate, the gear member drives the rolling door 210 to move from the closed position to the open position. For another example, the driving member 300 is a nut member extending along a first direction, and the engaging member 220 is a screw member engaged with the nut member, and when the screw member moves along the first direction to engage with the screw nut member and drive the nut to rotate, the nut drives the rolling door 210 to move from the closed position to the open position.

Naturally, the present invention can be embodied in many other forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it is intended that all such changes and modifications be considered as within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A charging port protection device comprises a mounting frame, wherein the mounting frame comprises a base, at least part of the base is positioned at the inner side of a charging port of an electric automobile, the charging port protection device is characterized by further comprising a roller shutter door assembly connected to the mounting frame and a driving piece for driving the roller shutter door assembly to move, the roller shutter door assembly comprises a roller shutter door and a matching piece in transmission connection with the roller shutter door, the base is provided with a sleeve hole, the sleeve hole is sleeved on a receiving seat of the electric automobile, the roller shutter door is arranged corresponding to the sleeve hole, the driving piece drives the matching piece to drive the roller shutter door to move so that the roller shutter door has a closing position for closing the sleeve hole and an opening position for exposing the sleeve hole, the driving piece is connected to a charging gun for charging the receiving seat, and the charging gun drives the driving piece to move towards the base along a first direction, the drive member is drivingly connectable with the mating member to move the tambour door from a closed position to an open position and to enable a charging head of the charging gun to be coupled with the receptacle.

2. The charging port guard of claim 1, wherein the mating member is rotatably disposed on the base and has an axis of rotation extending in a second direction, the mating member being spaced from the socket aperture in the second direction, and the distance between the driving member and the mating member in the first direction is less than the distance between the charging head of the charging gun and the tambour door when the tambour door is in the closed position.

3. The charging port guard of claim 2, wherein the drive member is a cylindrical body extending in the first direction, and the mating member is a cam member, wherein the cam member moves the tambour door from the closed position to the open position when the drive member moves in the first direction to abut the cam member and drive the cam member to rotate.

4. The charge port guard of claim 3 wherein the base further defines a plug hole and a mounting slot in communication, the actuating member is in plug engagement with the plug hole, the cam member is positioned in the mounting slot, and the cam member has an extended position extending into the plug hole to position the tambour door in the closed position and an retracted position exiting the plug hole to position the tambour door in the open position.

5. The charge port guard of claim 2, wherein the driving member is a rack member extending in the first direction, and the mating member is a gear member cooperating with the rack member, the gear member moving the tambour door from the closed position to the open position when the driving member moves in the first direction to engage and drive the gear member to rotate.

6. The charge port guard of claim 1 wherein the mounting bracket further comprises a shield fixedly connected to the base and the shield is trumpet shaped, the tambour door being positioned between the shield and the base.

7. The charging port guard of claim 6, wherein the shield includes a guide surface and a guide aperture, the guide surface tapering in the first direction and adjacent the guide aperture, the guide aperture extending in the first direction, and the drive member being in mating engagement with the guide aperture.

8. The charge port guard of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the roller door assembly further comprises a roller door spool rotatably disposed on a base, the roller door disposed on the roller door spool, and a resilient member coupled between the roller door spool and the base, the resilient member having a tendency to rotate the roller door spool to move the roller door toward a closed position.

9. The charge port guard of claim 8, wherein the tambour door assembly further comprises a swing link, one end of the swing link being coupled to the mating member, the other end of the swing link being coupled to the tambour door spool.

10. The charge port guard of claim 9, wherein the roller door assembly further comprises a reel drivingly connected to the roller door spool, the reel being drivingly connected to the rocker by a pull cord.

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