JP2012014969A - Automobile charging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automobile charging device capable of housing a discharging connector and a discharging cable compactly without adhering dirts such as soil or water adhered on the charging cable onto a grip part and a connector part of the charging connector.SOLUTION: The automobile charging device comprises a charging cable winding part for winding and holding the charging cable having the charging connector at an end, a charging connector holding part for holding the charging connector so that a tip connector face of the charging connector is directed to a direction identical to the charging cable winding direction, and a partition wall for separating the charging connector holding part and the charging cable winding part.

Description

  The present invention relates to an automobile charging device.

  With the widespread use of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid cars, demand for household car chargers is expected to increase in the future.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, as a structure of an automobile charging device, a charging cable having a charging connector at the tip is integrally provided with the charging device, and when charging, the charging connector is removed from the charging device, and an electric vehicle And a structure for connecting the charging connector and the charging cable when not in use. As a structure for storing the charging connector and the charging cable when not in use, the connector is held in the connector storage portion provided on the outer surface of the charging device for the electric vehicle, A structure for holding the charging cable in the storage basket is described. In general, the charging cable is designed to be long with a margin, and when charging, the surplus portion is generally used on the ground.

  A home automobile charging device that is assumed to be installed in a parking space of a general home is required to be as compact as possible, but has a conventional structure (for example, a connector housing portion that houses a charging connector described in Patent Document 1 and In the structure in which the cable storage portions for storing the charging cables are provided separately and independently, the charging connector and the charging cable cannot be stored together in a compact manner. There was a problem that it was inconvenient to install.

  From the viewpoint of compacting the electric vehicle charging device, it is preferable to store the charging connector and the charging cable in a compact manner. However, as described above, the charging cable is designed to be long enough to allow for surplus parts when charging. It is common to use the battery pack on the ground.Therefore, dirt such as dirt and water tends to adhere to the charging cable.If the charging connector and charging cable are stored together, they will adhere to the charging cable. Dirt such as dirt and water that adheres to the gripping part and connector part of the charging connector, making it impossible to perform charging work comfortably due to dirt on the gripping part, and dirt on the connector part as a cause of malfunction of the charging device There was a problem.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-122714

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to store the charging connector and the charging cable in a compact manner without causing dirt such as dirt and water attached to the charging cable to adhere to the gripping part and the connector part of the charging connector. It is to provide a vehicle charging device that can be used.

  An automobile charging device of the present invention made to solve the above-described problems is a charging cable winding portion that holds a charging cable having a charging connector at an end portion thereof, and is charged in the same direction as the charging cable winding direction. A charging connector holding portion that holds the charging connector so that a front end connector surface of the connector faces is provided, and a partition that separates the charging connector holding portion and the charging cable winding portion is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automobile charging device according to the first aspect, the charging cable winding portion and the charging connector holding portion are formed on a side surface of a housing that houses the power feeding means. Is.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automobile charging device according to the second aspect, the charging connector holding portion is formed on the upper side surface of the casing.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automobile charging device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the charging connector holding portion includes connector locking means for locking the tip connector portion of the charging connector, The stopping means is formed in the gap between the pair of standing wall portions, and the bottom surface portion covering the lower end portion of the pair of standing wall portions is the partition wall.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the automobile charging device according to the fourth aspect, the connector locking means is provided on both the left and right sides of the pair of standing wall portions, so that the left and right turns of the charging cable can be handled. It is characterized by this.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the automobile charging device according to the first aspect, a left-right / right-side connector locking means for the charging connector is provided substantially at the center of the charging connector holding portion, and the left-handed / right-handed charging cable is provided. It is characterized by being able to cope with any winding.

  In the automobile charging device according to the present invention, the charging cable winding portion that holds the charging cable having the charging connector at the end while being wound, and the tip connector surface of the charging connector faces in the same direction as the charging cable winding direction. With the configuration including the charging connector holding portion for holding the charging connector, the charging connector and the charging cable can be stored in a compact manner on the substantially same plane. Further, the structure having a partition that separates the charging connector holding part and the charging cable winding part allows the charging connector and the charging cable to be stored together, while dirt such as dirt and water adhering to the charging cable is removed from the charging connector. The problem of sticking to the gripping part and connector part can be avoided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the entire vehicle charging device can be made more compact by the configuration in which the charging cable winding portion and the charging connector holding portion are formed on the side surface of the housing containing the power feeding means. .

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the charging connector holding portion is formed on the upper side surface of the casing, so that the mounting and dismounting workability of the charging connector can be improved.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the charging connector holding portion includes connector locking means for locking the tip connector portion of the charging connector, and the connector locking means is formed in a gap between the pair of standing wall portions, The whole vehicle charging device can be made more compact by the structure which used the bottom face part which covers the lower end part of this pair of standing wall part as this partition.

It is a whole perspective view of the automobile charging device of this embodiment. It is a whole perspective view of the automobile charging device of this embodiment. It is the figure which removed the charge connector from the charge connector holding part. It is explanatory drawing of the housing body which removed the front board part from the housing | casing which comprises a motor vehicle charging device. 1 is an overall perspective view of an automobile charging device adopting a left-handed structure. It is a whole perspective view of other embodiment of this invention. It is a whole perspective view of other embodiment of this invention. It is a whole perspective view of other embodiment of this invention. It is a whole perspective view of other embodiment of this invention.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown below.

  1 and 2 show an overall perspective view of the automobile charging device of the present embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a view in which the charging connector is removed from the charging connector holding portion, and FIG. 4 shows an explanatory view of the housing body with the front plate portion removed from the housing constituting the automobile charging device.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the automobile charging device of the present invention has a structure in which the charging cable 2 having the charging connector 3 at the tip is wound and held along the side surface 13 of the housing 1 of the automobile charging device. is doing. In the present invention, the charging connector and the charging cable are arranged on substantially the same plane by the configuration including the charging connector holding portion 4 that holds the charging connector so that the tip connector surface of the charging connector 3 faces in the same direction as the charging cable winding direction. It can be stored compactly. In the present invention, the “tip connector surface” means a tip section of the “tip connector portion 31”. As shown in FIG. 1, the charging cable 2 may be wound along the entire circumference of the casing, or as shown in FIG. It is also possible to use a method of winding with a margin so as not to contact.

  The housing 1 includes a housing body 12 having a front opening, a side surface 13 and a back surface 14 formed integrally, and a front plate portion 11 covering the front opening. Power supply means such as equipment is stored. In the present embodiment, the shape of the housing body 12 is substantially circular and is slightly vertically long, but the shape is not particularly limited, and may be circular, oval, rectangular corners arcuate, A rectangular shape having an arcuate upper portion may be used. The front plate part 11 is detachable or openable as a panel or a door.

  On the lower left side surface or lower right side surface of the housing 1, there is provided an outlet port through which the charging cable 2 is drawn out from the housing 1 housing the power feeding means. In the present embodiment, the outlet opening is located on the lower left side surface, and the charging cable 2 is wound in a right-handed manner along the arc at the bottom of the housing 1. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, in order to obtain a left-handed structure, an outgoing line portion may be provided on the lower right side surface. Further, by providing outgoing line openings on both the left and right sides, and by adopting a structure in which the outgoing line position can be selectively changed, right-handed and left-handed can be changed as necessary. In addition, an exit opening may be provided at the center position of the lower side surface so that it can be used for either the right or left winding.

  After the charging cable 2 is wound, the charging connector holding portion 4 that holds the charging connector 3 includes a back side standing wall 41 formed by extending a back plate constituting the back surface 14 of the housing 1 upward, and the back side. A front-side standing wall 42 disposed on the front surface of the standing wall 41 and a bottom surface 45 that covers the lower ends of the pair of standing walls 41 and 42 are provided. Since the bottom surface portion 45 serves as a partition wall, the charging connector 3 held by the charging connector holding portion 4 is held separately from the charging cable 2 wound around the housing 1. Therefore, according to the structure, even when dirt such as soil or water adheres to the charging cable, the dirt does not adhere to the gripping part or connector part of the charging connector during storage.

  In the gap between the pair of standing wall portions 41, 42, connector locking means 43 for locking the tip connector portion 31 of the charging connector 3 is provided. The connector locking means 43 only needs to have a structure on which the distal connector portion 31 can be placed, such as a V-shaped groove.

  The connector locking means 43 is provided on both the left and right sides of the gap between the pair of standing wall portions 41 and 42 so that it can handle both left-handed (FIG. 4) and right-handed (FIG. 1) charging cables 2. You can also. In addition, a connector locking means 43 that can accommodate both left and right charging connectors is provided in the approximate center of the charging connector holding portion 4, so that both left and right windings of the charging cable 2 can be handled. It can also be a structure.

  In FIGS. 6-9, the whole vehicle charging device perspective view of other embodiment is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the case where a roof 44 for preventing rain is provided on the upper part of the pair of standing wall portions 41, 42, it is possible to avoid rain directly on the connector portion. The opening and closing of the roof 44 may be front-rear opening or side opening. Note that a roof 44 and a bottom surface portion 45 extending from the top and bottom of the rear side standing wall 41 to the front surface may be provided, and a connector locking means 43 may be provided at least on the bottom surface portion 45. What added the side wall 42 may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 7, it can also be set as the structure hooked on the connector latching means 43 so that the holding part 32 of the charging connector 3 may be exposed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, there is no fear of rain even if the roof is not used when the connector locking means 43 locks the tip connector portion 31 downward. In this case, in order to avoid sudden bending of the charging cable 2, it is preferable that an arc-shaped interference portion is provided at a corresponding portion to which the force of the charging cable is applied.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the case where the charging connector holding part 4 has an up-and-down slide structure, the charging connector holding part 4 is positioned upward at the time of winding the charging cable 2, and after winding the charging cable, The charging connector holding part 4 can be slid downward. Moreover, the charging cable 2 wound around the side surface of the housing can be fixedly held by adopting a structure in which the front plate 11 and the front side standing wall 42 of the housing are fitted at the lower position.

  In the above embodiment, the charging connector holding portion 4 has been described as being provided at the upper portion of the housing 1, but it may be provided at the lower portion or the left and right portions of the housing 1. In the case where it is provided at the lower part, the casing itself can also be used as a rain guard part at the upper part of the charging connector holding part 4.

  In addition, a charging cable may be wound around the outer periphery of the housing, and the charging connector holding portion 4 may be provided inside the housing. In that case, it is preferable that the front plate 11 of the housing has a door structure that can be freely opened and closed, and an independent charging connector housing portion is provided therein.

  In addition, a concave portion corresponding to the outer shape of the charging connector 3 can be formed on the front plate 11 from the front side, and the front plate 11 can be fitted from the front side and press-fitted for storage.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing | casing 11 Front plate part 12 Housing | casing main body 13 Side surface 14 Back surface 2 Charging cable 3 Charging connector 31 Tip connector part 32 Grip part 4 Charging connector holding | maintenance part 41 Back side standing wall 42 Front side standing wall 43 Connector locking means 44 Roof 45 Bottom Part

Claims (6)

A charging cable winding portion that holds a charging cable having a charging connector at the end while being wound, and a charging connector holding that holds the charging connector so that the tip connector surface of the charging connector faces in the same direction as the charging cable winding direction Part
An automobile charging device having a partition wall separating the charging connector holding portion and the charging cable winding portion. The charging cable winding portion and the charging connector holding portion are:
2. The vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle charging device is formed on a side surface of a casing in which power feeding means is stored.   The vehicle charging device according to claim 2, wherein the charging connector holding portion is formed on an upper side surface of the housing. The charging connector holding portion includes connector locking means for locking the tip connector portion of the charging connector, and the connector locking means is formed in a gap between the pair of standing wall portions,
The automobile charging device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a bottom surface portion covering a lower end portion of the pair of standing wall portions is used as the partition wall.   5. The vehicle charging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the connector locking means is provided on both the left and right sides of the charging connector holding portion so as to be able to handle both left-handed and right-handed charging cables.   2. A left-hand / right-side connector locking means for the charging connector is provided at substantially the center of the charging connector holding portion so that both left-handed and right-handed charging cables can be accommodated. The vehicle charging device as described.

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