JP5732651B2 - 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 is performed, the charging connector is removed from a connector housing portion provided in the charging device for the vehicle. Used in connection with the provided connector (Patent Document 1).

  The charging connector holding structure in the vehicle charging device described in Patent Document 1 or the like is provided with a receiving portion (inlet) that matches the shape of the tip of the charging connector in the connector housing, and the tip of the charging connector at the time of non-charging. The part was fitted into the inlet. In this structure, each time the charging connector is stored, it is necessary to align the inlet and the tip of the charging connector, and it takes time to store the charging connector. was there.

  As a means for improving convenience, a horizontal shaft projecting in the horizontal direction is provided in the connector housing portion without using an inlet, and the front end claw portion of the charging connector is engaged with the horizontal shaft. It is conceivable to have a structure that can rotate in the vertical direction.

  According to the above structure, the convenience is improved, but on the other hand, the tip of the charging connector is not fitted with the inlet, and the connector pin at the tip of the charging connector is exposed in the connector housing, There may be a problem that water droplets such as rainwater entering the connector housing portion adhere to the tip of the connector pin and increase the risk of an electric leakage accident, and the water droplet causes corrosion such as rust at the tip of the connector pin.

JP 2010-263665 A

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems and to prevent a leakage accident and connector pin corrosion caused by water droplets even when water droplets such as rainwater enter the connector housing. Is to provide.

The charging device for a vehicle according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, is provided with a plurality of connector pins on the inner side of the tip cylindrical portion , and a locking claw provided on the upper portion of the tip cylindrical portion . A vehicle charging device having a charging connector storage portion for storing the connector by scratching the locking claw, wherein the charging connector storage portion is provided with an opening formed in the vehicle charging device main body. The charging connector storage portion is provided with a flange portion covering the upper portion of the tip end portion of the connector pin.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the charging device for a vehicle according to the first aspect, the eaves portion is composed of an upper eave portion and a lower eave portion, and the upper eave portion is formed on the outer periphery of the tip cylindrical portion of the charging connector. disposed to cover the upper end portion of the above end tubular portion, the lower eaves section is characterized in that the arrangement are now on the inner periphery of the end tubular part of the charging connector.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vehicular charging device according to the first or second aspect, the inner surface of the charging connector storage portion is formed on the tip cylindrical portion of the charging connector stored in the charging connector storage portion. This is characterized in that it is a contact surface.

In the vehicle charging device according to the present invention, a charging connector provided with a plurality of connector pins inside the tip cylindrical portion and having a locking claw at the top of the tip cylindrical portion is provided with the locking claw. In the vehicular charging device having the charging connector storage portion to be scratched and stored, a configuration is provided in the connector storage portion in the back of the charging connector storage portion so as to cover the upper portion of the tip of the connector pin. Even when water droplets such as rainwater enter, the water droplets flowing down in the connector housing portion are blocked by the flange portion and can be discharged to the outside of the connector housing portion without adhering to the tip portion of the connector pin. Therefore, according to the present invention, there is a problem that water drops such as rainwater that have entered the connector housing portion adhere to the tip of the connector pin and increase the risk of an electric leakage accident. The problem of causing corrosion can be effectively avoided.

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. FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of FIG. 1 (a charging cable is omitted). It is a principal part (dashed line part) enlarged view of FIG. It is a front view of the connector housing part for charge. FIG. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG. 5.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown below.
1 and 2, 1 is a charging device for a vehicle, 2 is a main body portion, 3 is a lid body portion, 4 is a cover, 5 is a charging connector provided with a connector pin 10 in a tip cylindrical portion 9, and 6 is a charging device. It is a cable. In the present embodiment, the main body 2 and the lid 3 constitute a housing of the vehicle charging device 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle charging device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a charging cable 6 having a charging connector 5 at the tip at the time of non-charging, and an outer periphery of the main body 2 of the vehicle charging device 1. And a cable winding portion that is wound and held along the peripheral wall 7. As another embodiment, the charging cable 6 may be wound and held along the outer periphery of the housing of the lid 3. That is, the cable winding part is formed in the main body part 2 or the lid part 3 which is a housing of the vehicle charging device 1.

  The main body 2 is formed of a box having a front opening, and the internal space of the box is used as a device storage that stores electrical devices and control devices. In the present embodiment, the shape of the box 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 shapes. 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 that holds the charging cable 6 while winding it.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a charging connector housing portion 8 that holds the charging connector 5 during non-charging is formed in the lid portion 3 that covers the front opening of the main body portion 2. The charging connector housing portion 8 has a structure projecting in a bag shape toward the device housing portion of the main body portion 2 and is formed integrally with the lid body portion 3.

  The charging connector 5 includes five connector pins 10 inside the distal end tubular portion 9, and has a locking claw 11 on the upper end of the distal end tubular portion 9. The connector pin 10 is connected to the vehicle at the time of charging, two power lines for supplying electricity for charging, a signal line for transmitting and receiving a signal for controlling charging, a ground wire, and a connection confirmation of the charging connector and the vehicle Connected to a confirmation line that sends a signal.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the charging connector storage portion 8 formed in a bag shape toward the device storage portion has a charging connector latching claw 11 on the upper side of the charging connector storage portion 8. A horizontal axis 12 is provided. The horizontal shaft 12 has a mounting portion bent at both ends of the shaft portion fixed in the charging connector housing portion 8. The shaft portion of the horizontal shaft 12 is preferably a flat plate shape.

On the back side of the horizontal shaft 12, a flange 13 that covers the distal end portion of the connector pin 10 is formed to protrude in the front horizontal direction.
As shown in FIG. 5, the flange 13 is formed so as to draw an R shape in the lateral direction. According to the said shape, water droplets, such as rain water which penetrate | invaded the collar part 13, can be quickly escaped to the side.

  Moreover, the collar part 13 is comprised from the upper collar part 13a and the lower collar part 13b, as shown in FIG. When the locking claw 11 is engaged with the horizontal shaft 12 and the charging connector 5 is stored in the charging connector storage portion 8, the upper collar portion 13a is charged so as to cover the upper end portion of the distal end tubular portion 9. It arrange | positions so that it may be located in the outer peripheral upper part of the front-end | tip cylindrical part 9 of the connector 5 for connectors, and it prevents that rain water penetrate | invades into the inside of the front-end | tip cylindrical part 9 of the connector for charge. The lower flange portion 13b is disposed inside the distal end tubular portion 9 of the charging connector 5 so as to cover the upper end portion of the connector pin 10, and rainwater entering through the inner surface contacts the distal end portion of the connector pin. Is preventing. By adopting such a double structure composed of the upper flange portion 13a and the lower flange portion 13b, even when water droplets such as rainwater enter the connector housing portion, the water droplets are at the tip end portions of the connector pins 10. Can be avoided.

  When the charging connector is housed, the distal end tubular portion 9 of the charging connector 5 is inserted in a substantially horizontal direction toward the charging connector housing portion 8, and the latching claw 11 of the charging connector is engaged with the horizontal shaft 12. Thereafter, the charging connector 5 is rotated downward about the horizontal shaft 12 as the rotation center axis so that the distal end surface of the distal end tubular portion 9 of the charging connector 5 and the inner surface of the charging connector storage portion abut. . In order to hold the charging connector 5 at the contact position, a pair of lower supports 15 are formed on both lower sides of the charging connector housing 8. In addition, in order to improve the adhesiveness with the end surface of the front-end | tip cylindrical part 9, the back surface of the connector housing space 8 for charging is used as waterproofing members, such as a rubber member.

  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 14 at the bottom. The through hole 14 is formed at a position where the charging connector housing portion 8 of the lid body portion 3 is exposed. That is, the charging connector 5 is stored in the charging connector storage portion 8 through the through hole 14.

  The cover 4 is detachably formed with the lid 3 so that the cover 4 can be replaced according to the appearance of the building where the vehicle charging device 1 is installed. When the vehicular charging device 1 is installed on the wall surface of a house, conventionally, it is necessary to prepare a vehicular charging apparatus having a plurality of variations in order to adapt to the appearance of various houses, which is a factor of high cost. However, according to the present invention, it is possible to respond by replacing only the cover 4, and it is possible to provide a vehicle charging device having a design that fits the appearance of each house at a lower cost.

  The cover 4 is preferably provided with a light-shielding property, and is preferably made of a material that satisfies the weather resistance and appearance properties such as polycarbonate. Thereby, it can respond also to the temperature of the outdoor environment of summer.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle charging device 2 Main-body part 3 Lid body part 4 Cover 5 Charging connector 6 Charging cable 7 Peripheral wall 8 Charging connector accommodating part 9 Tip cylindrical part 10 Connector pin 11 Locking claw 12 Horizontal shaft 13 ridge part 13a Upper flange 13b Lower flange 14 Through hole 15 Lower support

Claims (3)

Charging connector storage for storing a charging connector having a plurality of connector pins inside the tip cylindrical portion and having a locking claw above the tip cylindrical portion by scratching the locking claw A vehicle charging device having a portion,
The charging connector storage portion is provided with an opening formed in the vehicle charging device body,
A charging device for a vehicle, characterized in that a hook portion that covers an upper portion of a tip end portion of the connector pin is provided in a back portion of the charging connector storage portion. The buttock consists of an upper buttock and a lower buttock,
Upper eaves portion is disposed on the outer periphery of the end tubular part of the charging connector to cover the upper portion of the earlier end tubular portion,
The vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein the lower collar portion is arranged on an inner periphery of a tip cylindrical portion of the charging connector.   3. The vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein a back surface of the charging connector storage portion is a contact surface with a tip cylindrical portion of the charging connector stored in the charging connector storage portion. apparatus.

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