JP5640216B2 - Charging connector holding structure and automobile charging device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a charging connector holding structure and 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.

  However, the connector housing portion described in Patent Document 1 has a structure in which the connector portion at the tip of the charging connector is inserted and coupled to the cylindrical connector housing portion, and there is a problem that it takes time to attach and detach the charging connector. there were.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-122714

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide a charging connector holding structure and an automobile charging device in which a charging connector can be easily attached and detached.

The charging connector holding structure of the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problem is a charging connector holding structure in which a charging connector is accommodated in a gap between a pair of standing wall portions, and the charging connector includes a tip connector portion and a grip portion. A portion of the pair of standing wall portions is cut out downward from an upper end portion of the standing wall disposed on the front surface to form a notch portion, and a part of the grip portion is exposed from the notch portion. As described above, the charging connector is housed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the charging connector holding structure according to the first aspect, the charging connector has a tip connector portion and a grip portion formed in a substantially square shape, at a position facing the bent portion having the substantially square shape. The notch is formed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the charging connector holding structure according to the first aspect, the pair of standing wall portions is composed of a pair of standing walls having different heights.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the charging connector holding structure according to the first aspect, the height of the standing wall in which the notch is formed is different on the left and right.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention is an automobile charging device having the charging connector holding structure according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the pair of standing wall portions are provided on an upper portion of a casing in which power feeding means is housed. A charging cable winding portion for holding the charging cable while being wound around the outer peripheral side surface of the housing, and connector locking means for locking the tip connector portion at the left and right ends of the gap between the pair of standing wall portions It is characterized by comprising.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the automobile charging device according to the fifth aspect, the connector locking means is formed in a column shape.

As in the present invention, in the charging connector holding structure in which the charging connector is accommodated in the gap between the pair of standing wall portions, the charging connector includes a tip connector portion and a grip portion, and is disposed on the front surface of the pair of standing wall portions. A structure in which a charging connector is housed so that a part of the gripping part is exposed from the notch part by forming a notch part from the upper end part of the standing wall. The charging connector can be easily attached and detached.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the charging connector and the charging cable can be stored together in a compact manner, and the attaching / detaching operation of the charging connector can be facilitated.

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 explanatory drawing of other embodiment regarding a notch part. It is explanatory drawing of other embodiment regarding a notch part. It is explanatory drawing of other embodiment regarding a notch part. It is explanatory drawing of other embodiment regarding a notch part. It is explanatory drawing of other embodiment regarding a notch part. 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 3 show an overall perspective view of the automobile charging device of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a view in which the charging connector is removed from the charging connector holding portion, and FIG. 3 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 3, the vehicle charging device of the present invention has a structure in which a charging cable 2 having a charging connector 3 at the tip is wound and held along a side surface 13 of a housing 1 of the vehicle charging device. Have. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the charging cable 2 may be wound around the entire circumference of the casing, or the charging cable 2 may be hooked on the upper part of the casing and not touch the lower part of the casing. It is also possible to use a method of wrapping.

  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. 4, 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 portion covering the lower ends of the pair of standing walls 41 and 42 are provided.

A cutout portion 45 exposing a part of the charging connector 3 is formed at the upper end portion of the front side standing wall 42. In the charging connector 3, the tip connector portion 31 and the grip portion 32 are formed in a substantially square shape, and the cutout portion 45 is formed at a position facing the substantially square-shaped bent portion. As described above, by adopting a structure in which the substantially bent portion is exposed, the attaching / detaching operation of the charging connector 3 performed by grasping the holding portion 32 of the charging connector 3 can be easily performed. In the present embodiment, the charging connector 3 employs a structure in which the tip connector portion 31 and the grip portion 32 are formed in a substantially square shape, but in addition, a straight tube type charging connector, A gun-type charging connector can also be employed.
The notch 45 communicates with a space 46 formed between the lower part of the grip 32 of the charging connector 3 and the bottom surface of the charging connector holding part 4. , The charging connector 3 can be accurately grasped by placing a finger under the grasping portion 32. In addition, it is more preferable that the back side standing wall 41 is provided with a gap 47.

  In the present embodiment, the notch portion 45 that is U-shaped and opened upward is formed in the substantially central portion of the front-side standing wall 42, but the shape of the notch portion 45 is not particularly limited, and the grip portion 32 of the charging connector 3. Any structure that exposes a part of the substrate may be used. For example, the cutout portion 45 may be formed in a V-shape or a square opening shape, and various other cutout portion 45 shapes illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 9 may be employed as other embodiments.

  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. In the present invention, the charging connector 3 is housed in the gap between the pair of standing walls 41 and 42 in which the notch portion 45 is formed without being coupled to the connector holding portion as in the prior art, so that the charging connector can be easily attached and detached. I have to.

  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.

  10 to 13 show general perspective views of an automobile charging device according to another embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 10, 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.

  As shown in FIG. 11, 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. 12, the connector locking means 43 that locks the distal connector portion 31 downward does not have to worry about rain even without using a roof. 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. 13, in the case where the charging connector holding portion 4 has an up-and-down sliding structure, the charging connector holding portion 4 is positioned upward during winding operation of 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.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing | casing 11 Front plate part 12 Housing | casing main body 13 Side surface 14 Back surface 15 Cable holding part 16 Groove 2 Charging cable 3 Charging connector 31 Tip connector part 32 Grasping part 4 Charging connector holding part 41 Back side standing wall 42 Front side standing wall 43 Connector connection Stop means 44 Roof 45 Notch portion 46 Space portion 47 Holding portion

Claims (6)

A charging connector holding structure for storing a charging connector in a gap between a pair of standing walls,
The charging connector comprises a tip connector part and a grip part,
Among the pair of standing wall portions, a notch portion is formed by partially cutting downward from the upper end portion of the standing wall disposed on the front surface,
A charging connector holding structure for storing a charging connector so that a part of the gripping part is exposed from the notch.   The charging connector according to claim 1, wherein the tip connector portion and the grip portion are formed in a substantially square shape, and the cutout portion is formed at a position facing the substantially square-shaped bent portion. Connector holding structure.   The charging connector holding structure according to claim 1, wherein the pair of standing wall portions is constituted by a pair of standing walls having different heights.   2. The charging connector holding structure according to claim 1, wherein the height of the standing wall formed with the notch is different on the left and right. An automobile charging device having the charging connector holding structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The pair of upright walls are provided on the upper part of the housing containing the power feeding means,
On the outer peripheral side surface of the housing, a charging cable winding portion that holds the charging cable while being wound is provided,
An automobile charging device comprising connector locking means for locking a tip connector portion at both left and right ends of a gap between the pair of standing wall portions.   6. The automobile charging device according to claim 5, wherein the connector locking means is formed in a column shape.

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