JP5732650B2 - Vehicle charging device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle charging device.

In recent years, interest in vehicles such as electric vehicles has been increased from the viewpoint of increasing oil-removal fuel and CO ₂ emission reduction needs, and the spread of vehicle charging devices has been demanded.

  Generally, a charging device for a vehicle is provided with a charging cable having a charging connector at the tip, and when charging, the charging connector is removed from the charging device for the vehicle and connected to a connector provided on the vehicle. Used.

  Conventionally, as a drainage structure of a charging device for a vehicle, dew condensation water generated inside the casing is placed outside the casing at the lower part of the casing in which electrical equipment for charging (such as a breaker) and control equipment (CPLT unit) is stored. A structure having a discharge port for discharging is known. Normally, this drain outlet is provided with means for preventing the backflow of water. (Patent Document 1)

  However, the conventional backflow prevention means has a structure in which a dedicated part having a backflow prevention function is attached to the housing, and there is a problem that the number of parts increases, and attachment work and maintenance work are complicated.

JP 2005-302946 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle charging device that solves the above-described problem and includes a discharge port for discharging condensed water generated inside the housing to the outside of the housing in which the charging equipment is stored. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a technology including a backflow prevention means without using a dedicated part.

In order to solve the above problems, a vehicle charging device according to the present invention includes a main body portion in which a power feeding means is housed in a housing having a front opening portion, a lid portion covering the front opening portion, and a housing portion. A vehicular charging device having a discharge port for discharging generated dew condensation water to the outside of the housing, wherein a discharge path for guiding the dew condensation water from the inlet formed inside the housing to the discharge port is provided in the housing. It is integrally formed in the lower part of the body, and the discharge path is composed of a vertical path that allows the condensed water to flow downward, a lateral path that flows toward the left and right sides of the casing, and an inner path that flows toward the rear side of the casing. It is characterized by this.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the charging device for a vehicle according to the first aspect, the discharge path includes a vertical path through which condensed water flows downward from an inflow port formed inside the housing, and a flow of condensed water that has flowed down. Is made up of a horizontal path that flows in the horizontal direction of the casing and a back path that discharges from the horizontal path toward the back of the casing in which a discharge port is formed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle charging device according to the first or second aspect, the discharge path further includes a slit portion integrally formed at a lower portion of the casing. .

A vehicle charging device according to the present invention includes a main body that houses power supply means in a housing having a front opening, a lid that covers the front opening, and condensed water generated inside the housing. In a vehicle charging device having a discharge port for discharging, a discharge path for guiding the condensed water from an inflow port formed inside the housing to the discharge port is integrally formed at a lower portion of the housing, and The discharge path is composed of a vertical path for allowing condensed water to flow downward, a horizontal path for flowing in the left-right direction of the casing, and an inner path for flowing in the rear direction of the casing. According to this configuration, since the function of preventing the backflow of condensed water discharged outside the housing can be provided integrally with the housing, the backflow prevention can be performed without increasing the number of parts when the backflow prevention means is provided. It is also possible to dispense with complicated installation work and maintenance work. Further, conventionally, when a dedicated part having a backflow prevention function is attached to the outside of the drain port, there is a problem that the size of the charging device for the vehicle becomes large. However, the backflow prevention function of the present invention is formed integrally with the housing. According to the structure which does, backflow prevention function can also be added, without changing the size of the charging device for vehicles.

  Further, conventionally, there is known a structure in which the drain outlet is provided with a foreign matter intrusion prevention means made of a wire mesh, a mesh or the like, and these foreign matter intrusion prevention means also have an increased number of parts like the above-described backflow prevention means. However, there is a problem that the installation work and the maintenance work are complicated. According to the invention described in claim 3, the problem can be solved together, and the backflow prevention function and the foreign matter intrusion prevention means can be added to the drainage port without increasing the number of parts and enlarging the size. .

It is a whole perspective view of the charging device for vehicles of this embodiment. It is the whole perspective view which looked at Drawing 1 from the back side. It is a whole perspective view of a main-body part. It is a principal part (dashed line part) enlarged view of FIG. It is a vertical sectional view of the important section of the charging device for vehicles of this embodiment. It is an enlarged view of the part which shows the discharge port of this embodiment.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown below.
1 and 2, 1 is a vehicle charging device, 2 is a main body, 3 is a lid, 4 is a cover, 5 is a charging connector, and 6 is a charging cable. The main body 2 is a housing having a front opening, and has a structure in which the front opening is covered by the lid 3.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle charging device 1 according to the present embodiment has a peripheral wall in which a charging cable 6 having a charging connector 5 at its tip is erected on the side surface of the main body 2 of the vehicle charging device 1. 7 and is held and wound along the line 7. As another embodiment, the peripheral wall 7 may be formed on the lid 3 and the charging cable 6 may be wound around the lid 3 and held.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the main body 2 is composed of a housing having a front opening 8, and the internal space of the housing is used as a device housing portion that houses electrical devices and control devices. In the present embodiment, the shape of the housing is substantially circular and is slightly vertically long. However, the shape is not particularly limited, and may be circular, oval, square having an arc shape, or other rectangular shape. The upper part may have an arc shape or the like.

  As described above, the peripheral wall 7 of the device storage portion is used as a cable winding portion for winding and holding the charging cable 6.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a discharge path 9 that discharges condensed water generated inside the housing due to a change in outside air temperature to the outside of the housing is integrally formed at the lower portion of the cable winding portion.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the discharge path 9 includes a vertical path through which the condensed water flows downward from the inlet 13 formed inside the casing, and a horizontal direction of the casing by changing the flow of the condensed water flowing down to the horizontal direction. It consists of a horizontal path that flows toward the rear and a back path that discharges from the left and right ends of the vertical path toward the back, which is the depth direction of the casing in which the discharge ports are formed.

  According to the above structure, the discharge path is formed by bending in three different directions, so that rainwater can be prevented from entering from the discharge path by blowing up wind and rain. Furthermore, by making the discharge path into a groove shape, it can be formed in a slight gap between the device storage portion and the cable winding portion, and the size of the housing itself does not increase due to the drainage structure of the dew condensation water. Furthermore, there is an advantage that the number of parts can be reduced by integrally forming the main body 2 or the lid 3.

  The discharge route may be in any order as long as the routes in three different directions are combined. For example, the drain port may be formed on the side surface of the main body 2, and the discharge path includes a vertical path that allows the condensed water to flow downward, and a lateral path that changes the flow of the condensed water to flow toward the back of the housing. A back path that discharges from the lateral path toward the lateral side of the housing may be used. In addition, it is preferable that the path | route of at least one direction of the discharge path | route is shape | molded by the groove shape.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in this embodiment, the discharge port 17 is formed on the back side of the main body 2 toward the cable winding portion. With this structure, it is possible to reduce the backflow of rainwater from the discharge port 17 due to wind and rain, and the design is excellent because the drain port is not visible from the front side.

  In this embodiment, a part of the lower part of the peripheral wall 7 provided in the main body 2 is cut out to form the dew condensation water inlet 13. That is, the dew condensation water generated inside the casing is discharged from the inlet 13 to the outside of the casing through the discharge path from the inlet 13 through the inner surface of the main body 2.

  In the present embodiment, as a foreign matter intrusion prevention means from the discharge path 9, the slit portion 18 is integrally formed at the inlet 13 which is the upper end portion of the vertical path 10. The slit portion 18 includes a groove portion 18a and a block portion 18b, and is configured such that the groove portion 18a is thinner than the block portion 18b. As a result, foreign objects such as small animals and dust can be prevented from entering the inside. In addition, if the block part employ | adopts the taper shape where the upper part is thin and the lower part is thick, while draining dew condensation water can be accelerated | stimulated, the penetration | invasion of a foreign material etc. can also be blocked | prevented effectively. Further, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the slit portion 18 may be formed in the middle of the discharge path 9.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the lid 3 that covers the front opening of the main body 2 corresponds to the slit 18 in addition to the charging connector housing 15 that holds the connector for charging during non-charging. A tongue 14 is formed. The tongue-like portion 14 has a function of preventing rainwater from entering the inside of the housing from the gap between the mating surfaces of the main body portion 2 and the lid body portion 3 due to wind and rain.

  The main body 2 and the lid 3 are made of a material that satisfies the strength and electrical strength, such as ABS, and is necessary for the vehicle charging device 1 by applying the lid 3 to the main body 2. Satisfies the waterproof function and structural strength.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the cover 4 that covers the front surface of the lid 3 has a through hole 16 in the lower part. The through hole 16 is formed at a position where the charging connector housing portion 14 of the lid portion 3 is exposed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle charging device 2 Main body part 3 Cover body part 4 Cover 5 Charging connector 6 Charging cable 7 Peripheral wall 8 Front opening 9 Discharge path 10 Vertical path 11 Lateral path 12 Back path 13 Inlet 14 Tongue 15 Charge connector Storage portion 16 Through hole 17 Discharge port 18 Slit portion

Claims (3)

A vehicle charging device having a main body portion in which a power feeding means is housed in a housing having a front opening, a lid portion covering the front opening, and a discharge port for discharging condensed water generated inside the housing to the outside of the housing Because
A discharge path that guides the condensed water from the inflow port formed inside the housing to the discharge port is integrally formed at the lower portion of the housing.
Charging for a vehicle, characterized in that the discharge path includes a vertical path for allowing condensed water to flow downward, a lateral path for flowing in the left-right direction of the casing, and an inner path for flowing in the rear direction of the casing. apparatus.   The discharge path includes a vertical path that causes the condensed water to flow downward from an inlet formed inside the casing, a horizontal path that changes the flow of the condensed water that has flowed downward to flow in the horizontal direction of the casing, and a horizontal path. The vehicular charging device according to claim 1, comprising a back path that discharges toward a rear surface of the housing in which the discharge port is formed.   3. The vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the discharge path further includes a slit portion integrally formed at a lower portion of the housing.

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