JP6166083B2 - Charging connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a charging connector, and more particularly to a charging connector fitted to a vehicle-side inlet provided in a vehicle.

  In recent years, from the improvement of environmental awareness, the spread of electric vehicles (for example, electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV)) that can run by mounting a storage battery (hereinafter referred to as a battery) and driving a motor with the electric power. Is underway. As such vehicle infrastructure maintenance, the expansion of chargers has been attempted, and an example of the charging connector on the charger side will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the charging connector 100 is provided with a connector case 110 that houses a connector fitting portion 111 that fits into a vehicle-side inlet (not shown) as a counterpart connector, and a lock claw 121 at the tip. A lock arm 120 that swings about a swing shaft 122 between a lock position where the lock claw 121 engages with the vehicle-side inlet and a release position where the engagement between the vehicle-side inlet and the lock claw 121 is released; A coil spring 130 for urging the lock arm 120 toward the lock position and a release lever 140 for releasing the engagement between the vehicle-side inlet and the lock claw 121 are provided.

  The release lever 140 is slidably provided in the connector case 110. A long rib 141 is provided on the side wall of the release lever 140 along the sliding direction (front-rear direction). The rib 141 is inserted into a slide groove 112 formed on the inner surface of the connector case 110.

  When such a charging connector 100 is inserted into the vehicle-side inlet, the lock claw 121 of the lock arm 120 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the vehicle-side inlet and is pushed into the connector fitting portion 111. When the charging connector 100 is fully inserted into the vehicle-side inlet (that is, in a fully fitted state), the lock claw 121 of the lock arm 120 protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the connector fitting portion 111, and the vehicle-side inlet. The charging connector 100 is locked to the vehicle side inlet by engaging with a recess (not shown) provided on the inner peripheral surface of the vehicle.

  On the other hand, when the charging connector 100 is removed from the vehicle-side inlet after power is supplied to the battery, the release lever 140 is pressed to operate the contact with the lock arm 120 to swing the lock arm 120. As a result, the lock claw 121 of the lock arm 120 is pushed into the connector fitting portion 111, and the charging connector 100 can be removed from the vehicle-side inlet.

JP 2012-234775 A

  However, in the conventional charging connector 100 described above, if the rib 141 is partially damaged, the release lever 140 may be defective, such as the entire rib 141 being continuously broken. In this case, a situation occurs in which the release lever 140 does not operate normally, and it becomes difficult to remove the charging connector 100 from the vehicle side inlet.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a charging connector that can prevent the release lever from malfunctioning and suppress the situation where the release lever does not operate normally.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has the following features. First, a first feature of the present invention includes a connector case and a release lever that is slidably provided in the connector case. The release lever is provided with a slide projection, and the slide projection is provided on the connector case. The charging connector is provided with a slide groove to be inserted, and the release lever slides when the slide protrusion slides in the slide groove, and a plurality of the slide protrusions are provided with respect to the slide direction of the release lever. The gist of the invention is that the slide groove is provided in the shape of a long hole for guiding the plurality of slide protrusions , and a moisture discharge groove is provided at the bottom of the slide groove .

  As another feature, it is preferable that each of the slide protrusions has a flat upper surface and a lower surface along the slide direction.

According to the feature of the present invention, a plurality of slide protrusions of the release lever are provided in the slide direction of the release lever and guided by the long hole-like slide groove of the connector case. For example, even if at least one slide protrusion is damaged, the damage does not affect other slide protrusions. For this reason, it can prevent that a malfunction occurs in a release lever, and can suppress the situation where a release lever does not operate normally.

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a charging connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the charging connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the inside of the charging connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the inside of the charging connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a part of the case body and the release lever according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6A is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the case main body and the release lever according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 6B is a part of the case main body and the release lever according to the present embodiment. FIG. FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the operation (before the insertion operation) of the charging connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a view for explaining the operation of the charging connector according to the embodiment (during insertion operation). FIG. 9 is a view for explaining the operation of the charging connector according to the present embodiment (during the insertion operation). FIG. 10 is a view for explaining the operation (complete fitting) of the charging connector according to the present embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the charging connector according to the present embodiment (during the pulling operation). FIG. 12 is a view for explaining the operation of the charging connector according to the present embodiment (during the pulling operation). FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a part of the charging connector according to the background art.

  Next, an embodiment of a charging connector according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and ratios of dimensions and the like are different from actual ones. Accordingly, specific dimensions and the like should be determined in consideration of the following description. Moreover, the part from which the relationship and ratio of a mutual dimension differ also in between drawings may be contained.

(Configuration of charging connector)
First, the configuration of the charging connector 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. 1-6 is a figure which shows the charge connector 1 which concerns on this embodiment.

  Here, for convenience of explanation, the other vehicle side inlet 90 side (the left side in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the right side in FIG. 4) of the charging connector 1 is defined as the “front end side” and heads toward this front end side. The direction is defined as “fitting direction FD”. Further, the side opposite to the vehicle-side inlet 90 side of the charging connector 1 (the right side in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the left side in FIG. 4) is referred to as “rear end side”, and the direction toward this rear end side is referred to as “separation direction SD”. "

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the charging connector 1 is fitted to a vehicle-side inlet 90 (see FIG. 2) provided with a receiving-side terminal (not shown), and is used to supply power to a vehicle battery. Is. The charging connector 1 is attached to the tip of an electric wire W (not shown) that extends from a power supply device (not shown).

  The charging connector 1 is provided with connector cases 3A and 3B as two substantially mirror-image-symmetric divided bodies in which the end faces are combined. The connector cases 3 </ b> A and 3 </ b> B have a case main body 5 and a handle 7 that is inclined from the rear of the case main body 5 and is gripped by an operator.

  A connector fitting portion 10 that is fitted to the vehicle side inlet 90 is provided in front of the case main body portion 5. A notch 11 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the connector fitting portion 10. A supply side terminal (not shown) connected to a receiving side terminal (not shown) in the vehicle side inlet 90 is accommodated in the connector fitting portion 10. Note that the arrangement and the like of the supply side terminals (not shown) conform to various standards and will not be described here.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a slide protrusion 48 of the release lever 40 to be described later is inserted into the inner surface on the upper side in the case body 5, and the slide direction of the release lever 40 (that is, the charging connector 1 and the vehicle side). An elongated hole-like slide groove 6 is provided to guide the slide protrusion 48 along the fitting / removal direction FSD with the inlet 90.

  The periphery of the slide groove 6 is surrounded by a protruding wall portion 5 </ b> A protruding from the inner surface of the case main body portion 5. A moisture discharge groove 8 extending downward is communicated with the bottom of the slide groove 6. Note that the bottom portion of the slide groove 6 is described as being the lower wall surface of the protruding wall portion 5A. However, it may be on the lower side of the slide groove 6 when placed on the power supply device (not shown) side. .

  The electric wire W extended from the connector fitting part 10 is arrange | positioned in the lower side in such a case main-body part 5, This electric wire W passes the inside of the handle part 7, and is pulled out outside. A lock arm 20, a fitting detection arm 30, a release lever 40, and a lever holding arm 50 are provided on the upper side in the case body 5.

(Lock arm)
The lock arm 20 prevents the charging connector 1 from being detached from the vehicle-side inlet 90 in a fitted state between the vehicle-side inlet 90 and the connector fitting portion 10. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the lock arm 20 includes a main arm 21 that is swingable around an axis 21 </ b> J in the case body 5, and a lock auxiliary arm 26 that swings together with the main arm 21. Consists of.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the main arm 21 is provided on the front end side of the main arm 21, and can be moved in and out from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10. And a lock engaging piece 23 as an engaging portion that is provided and engages with a lower engaging groove portion 46 described later of the release lever 40.

  The main arm 21 has a lock position where the lock claw 22 is engaged with an engagement groove 91 (see FIG. 2) provided on the inner peripheral surface of the vehicle-side inlet 90, and the engagement between the lock claw 22 and the engagement groove 91. It is provided so as to be swingable around the shaft core 24 between the unlocked position where the is released. The main arm 21 is biased by a coil spring 25 in a direction (upward direction TD) in which the lock claw 22 protrudes from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10.

  The main arm 21 is bent in the downward direction BD near the release lever 40. A lock engagement piece 23 is provided at the tip of the bent lower end along the detaching direction SD.

  The lock engagement piece 23 engages with a lower engagement groove portion 46 described later of the release lever 40 when the main arm 21 is in the unlocked position (that is, when the lock claw 22 is retracted into the notch 11). On the other hand, the lock engagement piece 23 is disengaged from the later-described upper locking groove portion 45 of the release lever 40 at the lock position of the main arm 21 (that is, the lock claw 22 protrudes from the notch 11). The

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lock auxiliary arm 26 includes an auxiliary locking piece 27 that is provided at the rear end of the lock auxiliary arm 26 and locks in an upper locking groove portion 45 described later of the release lever 40. Yes.

  The lock auxiliary arm 26 is released from the locking position where the auxiliary locking piece 27 is locked to an upper locking groove 45 described later of the release lever 40 and the locking between the auxiliary locking piece 27 and the upper locking groove 45. It is provided so as to be swingable around the shaft core 26A. The lock auxiliary arm 26 is biased by the coil spring 28 in the locking direction (downward direction BD) of the auxiliary locking piece 27.

  The auxiliary locking piece 27 extends in the downward direction BD and is provided so as to be locked in an upper locking groove portion 45 described later of the release lever 40. The auxiliary locking piece 27 is provided at a position facing the lock engagement piece 23 described above. The auxiliary locking piece 27 is provided on the side of the detachment direction SD with respect to a detection locking piece 32 described later of the fitting detection arm 30 and a holding locking piece 51 described later of the lever holding arm 50.

  The auxiliary locking piece 27 is unlocked from an upper locking groove portion 45 (to be described later) of the release lever 40 when the main arm 21 is in the unlocked position (that is, the lock claw 22 is retracted into the notch 11). The On the other hand, the auxiliary locking piece 27 can be locked with an upper locking groove portion 45 (to be described later) of the release lever 40 when the main arm 21 is locked (that is, when the locking claw 22 protrudes from the notch 11). Yes.

(Mating detection arm)
The fitting detection arm 30 detects a complete fitting state between the vehicle side inlet 90 and the connector fitting portion 10. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the fitting detection arm 30 is fitted with a detection claw 31 that is provided on the distal end side of the fitting detection arm 30 and can be protruded and retracted from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10. And a detection locking piece 32 that is provided on the rear end side of the detection arm 30 and locks in an upper locking groove portion 45 of the release lever 40 described later.

  The fitting detection arm 30 includes a fitting position where the detection claw 31 comes into contact with the front end surface of the vehicle side inlet 90 to detect the fitting of the connector fitting portion 10 to the vehicle side inlet 90, and the detection claw 31 and the vehicle side. It is provided so as to be swingable around the shaft core 33 between the release position where the contact with the inlet 90 is released and the removal of the connector fitting portion 10 from the vehicle side inlet 90 is detected. The fitting detection arm 30 is biased by a coil spring 34 in a direction in which the detection claw 31 protrudes into the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10 (that is, the locking direction of the detection locking piece 32).

  The detection claw 31 is provided so as to be able to appear and retract (movable forward and backward) from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10 to the outside. The detection claw 31 is provided on the detachment direction SD side with respect to the lock claw 22 of the main arm 21 described above.

  The detection locking piece 32 extends in the downward direction BD and is provided so as to be locked in an upper locking groove portion 45 described later of the release lever 40. The detection locking piece 32 is provided closer to the fitting direction FD than the auxiliary locking piece 27 of the lock auxiliary arm 26, and is provided closer to the disengagement direction SD than the holding locking piece 51 described later of the lever holding arm 50. Yes.

  The detection locking piece 32 is an upper locking groove portion described later of the release lever 40 when the connector fitting portion 10 is in the fitting position (that is, when the detection claw 31 is retracted into the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10). The lock with 45 is released. On the other hand, the detection locking piece 32 is an upper locking groove portion (described later) of the release lever 40 when the connector fitting portion 10 is disengaged (that is, when the detection claw 31 protrudes from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10). 45.

  A protrusion 35 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) is provided between the detection locking piece 32 and the shaft core 33 so as to protrude in the downward direction BD. The protrusion 35 presses the distal end side of the lever holding arm 50 (the distal end side with respect to the shaft core 52 described later) in the downward direction BD, whereby the upper locking groove portion 45 described later of the release lever 40 and the lever holding arm are pressed. 50 is unlocked with a holding latch piece 51 described later.

(Release lever)
The release lever 40 releases the engagement between the engagement groove 91 in the vehicle-side inlet 90 and the lock claw 22. The release lever 40 is provided so as to be slidable from the start position to the completion position of the pushing operation with respect to the case body 5 (that is, the fitting / removing direction FSD).

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the release lever 40 includes a release switch 41 whose rear end protrudes from the case body 5 and moves in the sliding direction (that is, the fitting / removing direction FSD), and the case body 5. And a release main body portion 42 formed integrally with the release switch 41.

  In the release switch 41, the release switch 41 is urged by the coil spring 43 to the push operation start position (that is, the release direction SD side). When the release switch 41 is pushed, the release main body portion 42 includes an auxiliary locking piece 27 of the lock auxiliary arm 26, a detection locking piece 32 of the fitting detection arm 30, and a holding locking piece 51 described later of the lever holding arm 50. A tip abutting portion 44 that abuts and pushes up.

  The tip contact portion 44 swings the main arm 21 to the unlocked position by contacting the inclined surface 21A of the main arm 21 at the position where the pushing operation of the release switch 41 is completed. The tip contact portion 44 is formed in a curved shape.

  On the upper end of the release main body 42, an upper locking groove 45 is provided to which the auxiliary locking piece 27 of the lock auxiliary arm 26 and the detection locking piece 32 of the fitting detection arm 30 are locked. On the other hand, a lower engagement groove portion 46 as an engaged portion with which the lock engagement piece 23 of the main arm 21 is engaged is provided below the distal end of the release main body portion 42.

  A slide protrusion 48 that protrudes toward the slide groove 6 is provided on the side wall of the release main body 42. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the slide protrusion 48 is inserted into the slide groove 6 and slides in the slide groove 6 along the slide direction of the release lever 40. One slide protrusion 48 is provided on the connector case 3A side, and a plurality (two in this embodiment) are provided on the connector case 3B side in the sliding direction of the release lever 40. Each slide protrusion 48 has a planar upper surface 48A and a lower surface 48B along the sliding direction of the release lever 40.

(Lever holding arm)
The lever holding arm 50 holds the release lever 40 at the completion position of the release lever 40. 2 to 4, the lever holding arm 50 is provided on the rear end side of the lever holding arm 50, and is held by the upper locking groove portion 45 of the release lever 40 at the pressing position of the release lever 40. A stop piece 51 is provided.

  The lever holding arm 50 has a lever holding position for holding the release lever 40 at the completion position (that is, a state in which the holding locking piece 51 is locked to the upper locking groove portion 45), and a lever non-holding that does not hold the release lever 40. Between the positions (that is, the state where the locking between the holding locking piece 51 and the upper locking groove 45 is released), it is provided so as to be swingable around the shaft core 52.

  A coil spring 53 is provided on the side of the holding / holding piece 51 from the shaft core 33 of the lever holding arm 50, and the holding / holding piece 51 side is urged by the coil spring 28 toward the downward direction BD. The distal end side of the lever holding arm 50 with respect to the shaft core 33 can come into contact with the protrusion 35 of the fitting detection arm 30.

  The holding locking piece 51 extends in the downward direction BD and is provided so as to be locked in the upper locking groove 45 of the release lever 40. The holding locking piece 51 is provided closer to the fitting direction FD than the auxiliary locking piece 27 of the lock auxiliary arm 26 and the detection locking piece 32 of the fitting detection arm 30.

  The holding locking piece 51 is locked with the upper locking groove 45 of the release lever 40 in the lever holding position. On the other hand, in the lever non-holding position, the holding locking piece 51 is pressed by the projection 35 at the tip side of the lever holding arm 50 from the shaft core 33, so that the upper locking groove 45 of the release lever 40 and the holding locking piece 51 The lock is released.

(Charge connector operation)
Next, the operation of the above-described charging connector 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. 7-12 is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the charging connector 1 which concerns on this embodiment.

(Insertion operation)
As shown in FIG. 7, when the charging connector 1 is detached from the vehicle-side inlet 90, the lock claw 22 of the main arm 21 and the detection claw 31 of the fitting detection arm 30 are from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10. It is protruding.

  At this time, the detection locking piece 32 of the fitting detection arm 30 is locked to the upper locking groove 45 of the release lever 40. Further, since the auxiliary locking piece 27 is located on the side of the separation direction SD with respect to the detection locking piece 32, the detection locking piece 32 and the upper locking member are not fully locked in the upper locking groove 45. When the locking with the stop groove portion 45 is released, the locking is immediately possible.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 8, when the charging connector 1 is gradually fitted to the vehicle-side inlet 90, the lock claw 22 is cut by the connector fitting portion 10 due to the contact of the inner peripheral surface of the vehicle-side inlet 90. Retreat into the notch 11 (push in). Then, the main arm 21 swings, and the auxiliary locking piece 27 is detached from the upper locking groove 45. At this time, the lock engagement piece 23 of the main arm 21 is inserted into the lower engagement groove 46.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 9, when the charging connector 1 is further fitted to the vehicle-side inlet 90, the detection claw 31 is brought into contact with the front end surface of the vehicle-side inlet 90 and the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10. Evacuate (inject). Then, the fitting detection arm 30 swings, and the detection locking piece 32 is detached from the upper locking groove 45. At this time, since the lock engagement piece 23 is inserted into the lower engagement groove 46 of the release main body 42, the release lever 40 is still prevented from moving in the separation direction SD side (the push operation start position side). Has been.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 10, when the charging connector 1 is completely fitted to the vehicle side inlet 90, the main arm 21 swings and the lock claw 22 protrudes from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10. By doing so, the main arm 21 becomes the locked position. Then, the lock claw 22 is locked to the locking groove 91 of the vehicle side inlet 90.

  Further, since the lock engagement piece 23 is disengaged from the lower engagement groove 46, the release lever 40 moves to the disengagement direction SD side (the push operation start position side). That is, the slide protrusion 48 of the release lever 40 slides in the separation direction SD within the slide groove 6 on the inner surface of the case body 5.

(Pullout operation)
As shown in FIG. 11, when charging to a battery (not shown) mounted on the vehicle is completed and the charging connector 1 is removed from the vehicle-side inlet 90, the release switch 41 of the release lever 40 is pushed (fitted). To the direction FD side). At this time, the slide protrusion 48 of the release lever 40 slides in the fitting direction FD within the slide groove 6 on the inner surface of the case body 5.

  At the completion position of the release lever 40, the tip contact portion 44 of the release main body portion 42 contacts the inclined surface 21 </ b> A of the main arm 21, the main arm 21 swings, and the lock claw 22 is connected to the connector fitting portion 10. By being pushed into the notch 11, the main arm 21 is brought into the unlocked position.

  Then, the auxiliary engaging piece 27 of the lock auxiliary arm 26 is pushed up from the upper engaging groove portion 45, and the lock engaging piece 23 is inserted into the lower engaging groove portion 46. Thereby, the release lever 40 is held at the completion position of the push operation, and the movement of the release lever 40 toward the start position of the push operation is prevented.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 12, when the charging connector 1 is gradually detached from the vehicle-side inlet 90, the fitting detection arm 30 swings and the detection claw 31 moves from the notch 11 of the connector fitting portion 10. Protruding. Then, the detection locking piece 32 is locked in the upper locking groove 45. At this time, the protrusion 35 provided on the back surface side of the fitting detection arm 30 swings the lever holding arm 50, and the holding locking piece 51 is detached from the upper locking groove 45.

  Then, when the charging connector 1 is completely detached from the vehicle-side inlet 90, the above-described state before the charging connector 1 is inserted (see FIG. 7).

(Action / Effect)
In the present embodiment described above, since a plurality of slide protrusions 48 are provided in the sliding direction of the release lever 40, each slide protrusion 48 is independent, and therefore, for example, at least one slide protrusion 48 is damaged. However, the damage does not affect other slide protrusions. For this reason, it can prevent that the malfunction occurs in the release lever 40, and can suppress the situation where the release lever 40 does not operate normally. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the charging connector 100 cannot be removed from the vehicle-side inlet 90.

  In this embodiment, each slide protrusion 48 has a flat upper surface 48A and a lower surface 48B along the slide direction of the release lever 40, so that the slide protrusion 48 is released compared to a case where it is formed in a cylindrical shape. It becomes difficult to rotate with respect to the rotation direction of the lever 40 (direction intersecting the slide direction), and even if at least one slide projection 48 is damaged, the release lever 40 can be reliably slid. Become.

(Other embodiments)
Although the contents of the present invention have been disclosed through the embodiments of the present invention as described above, it should not be understood that the descriptions and drawings constituting a part of this disclosure limit the present invention. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples, and operational techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  For example, the embodiment of the present invention can be modified as follows. Specifically, the charging connector 1 has been described as being used to supply power to the battery of the vehicle. However, the charging connector 1 is not limited to this, and is mounted on the movement of ships other than the vehicle, submarines, airplanes, and the like. It can also be applied to an inlet of a power storage device, an inlet of a power storage device installed in a home, a building, a factory, or the like.

  In the above description, one slide protrusion 48 is provided on the connector case 3A side, and a plurality (two in this embodiment) are provided on the connector case 3B side in the sliding direction of the release lever 40. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of connector cases 3A and 3B may be provided on both sides.

  Furthermore, each slide protrusion 48 has been described as having a flat upper surface 48A and a lower surface 48B along the sliding direction of the release lever 40, but is not limited to this, and is formed in a cylindrical shape, for example. May be.

  As described above, the present invention naturally includes various embodiments that are not described herein. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is determined only by the invention specifying matters according to the scope of claims reasonable from the above description.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Charging connector 3A, 3B ... Connector case 6 ... Slide groove 10 ... Connector fitting part 20 ... Lock arm 30 ... Fitting detection arm 40 ... Release lever 48 ... Slide protrusion 48A ... Upper surface 48B ... Lower surface 50 ... Lever holding arm 90 ... Vehicle side inlet (mating connector)

Claims (2)

A connector case; and a release lever slidably provided in the connector case, wherein the release lever is provided with a slide projection, the connector case is provided with a slide groove into which the slide projection is inserted, and the slide A charging connector in which the release lever slides when a protrusion slides in the slide groove,
The slide protrusion is provided in a plurality with respect to the slide direction of the release lever, the slide groove is provided in a long hole shape for guiding the plurality of slide protrusions , and a moisture discharge groove is provided at the bottom of the slide groove. A charging connector characterized in that is provided . The charging connector according to claim 1,
Each said slide protrusion has the planar upper surface and lower surface along the said slide direction, The charging connector characterized by the above-mentioned.

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