TWM594553U - Electric vehicle charging socket with charging indication - Google Patents

Abstract

An electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions includes an insulating seat body and an indicator bar. The insulating seat body has a panel and a plurality of terminal accommodating parts, the panel forms an insertion hole, and the plurality of terminal accommodating parts expose the insertion hole. The indicator bar is disposed around the terminal accommodating portion, and the indicator bar has at least one light-emitting diode; light emitted from the light-emitting diode is guided to the panel of the insulating base To show the charging status.

Description

Electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions

This creation relates to an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions, in particular to a charging stand mounted on an electric vehicle.

The electric vehicle is, for example, a hybrid electric vehicle, a DC electric vehicle, an AC electric vehicle, an electric vehicle, an electric bicycle, an electric bicycle, an electric battery vehicle (BEV) driven by an electric motor, or other vehicles that are driven on the road by electric motors. vehicle. Among them, the electric vehicle includes the use of a battery supplemented by an external power source, and the battery supplies power to the motor, thereby driving the electric vehicle to travel.

Electric vehicles often need to be charged through charging equipment in charging base stations, homes, or buildings. However, electric vehicles often need to be charged for a long period of time. Users usually need to enter the electric vehicle's car to check the electric vehicle's power meter to know the battery capacity of the electric vehicle; or, some electric vehicles currently provide users Check the battery level of the electric vehicle on the program of the smartphone; or the electric vehicle can be informed by the sound, signal or other methods after the battery is fully charged, thereby causing inconvenience in use.

The technical problem to be solved by this creation is to provide an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions for the shortcomings of the prior art. The light is displayed on the front face of the charging stand to display the charging status in real time, so that users can directly obtain charging related Information.

In order to solve the above technical problems, one of the technical solutions adopted in this creation is to provide an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions, which includes an insulating base and an indicator bar. The insulating base has a panel and a plurality of terminal accommodating parts, the panel forms a plug Hole, the plurality of terminal accommodating portions expose the insertion hole. The indicator bar is disposed around the terminal accommodating portion, and the indicator bar has at least one light-emitting diode; light emitted from the light-emitting diode is guided to the panel of the insulating base To show the charging status.

In order to solve the above technical problem, according to one of the embodiments of the present invention, wherein the front end surface of the panel is recessed to form a light bar accommodating groove, the light bar accommodating groove surrounds the positioning convex ring, and the indicator bar It is contained in the light bar accommodating groove.

In order to solve the above technical problems, according to one of the embodiments of the present invention, wherein the panel is made of a light guide material, a light bar accommodating groove is recessed on the inner side of the panel, and the indicator bar is received in the light The bar receiving groove is located behind the front end surface of the panel, and the light emitted by the light-emitting diode passes through the panel capable of guiding light and is exposed on the front end surface of the panel.

One of the beneficial effects of this creation is that the electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions provided by this creation can make the light emitted by the light-emitting diode be arranged by the indicator bar on the periphery of the terminal accommodating portion It is guided to the front end surface of the panel of the insulating base to show the charging state. This provides visual guidance and directly provides information related to charging, without the need to view through the operation panel or mobile phone program in the car.

In order to further understand the characteristics and technical content of this creation, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of this creation. However, the drawings provided are for reference and explanation only, and are not intended to limit this creation.

10: Insulation seat

12: Panel

120: Plug hole

122, 122a: Light bar accommodating slot

14: Ontology

142: connecting plate

143: line channel

16: Terminal accommodating part

17: positioning convex ring

18: Cover

30: light bar

31: Circuit board

32: LED

33: cable

40: Transparent board

50: control circuit board

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions.

FIG. 2 is a perspective combination view of an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions.

FIG. 3A is an enlarged view of part IIIA of FIG. 3.

FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of part IIIB of FIG. 3.

4A is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions.

4B is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions.

The following is a description of the embodiments disclosed in this creation by specific specific examples. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of this creation from the content disclosed in this specification. This creation can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments. The details in this specification can also be based on different views and applications, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the concept of this creation. In addition, the drawings in this creation are only a schematic illustration, not based on actual size, and are declared in advance. The following embodiments will further describe the relevant technical content of the creation, but the disclosed content is not intended to limit the protection scope of the creation.

[First embodiment]

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 2, the first embodiment of the present invention provides an electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions. The electric vehicle charging stand of this embodiment includes an insulating base 10 and an indicator bar 30. The insulating base 10 has a panel 12 and a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 16. The panel 12 forms an insertion hole 120. The plurality of terminal accommodating portions 16 expose the insertion hole 120 for the charging gun to be inserted into the charging seat of the electric vehicle. The indicator bar 30 is disposed around the terminal accommodating portion 16. The indicator bar 30 has at least one light-emitting diode 32. The indicator bar 30 of this embodiment has a circular circuit board 31, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes 32 are disposed on the circuit board 31.

One of the technical features of this creation is that the light emitted by the light-emitting diode 32 is directed to the front end surface of the panel 12 of the insulating base 10 to display various charging states, such as low power, charging , Or full... etc. In this way, during the charging process of the electric vehicle, the operator can directly know the current charging status from the light emitted by the indicator bar 30.

The electric vehicle charging stand of this embodiment is only exemplified by the DC charging stand of GB/T 20234.3, the national standard (GB) of Mainland China, however, this creation is not limited to this embodiment. For example, it can be applied to the AC charging base of mainland GB/T 20234.2, or it can also be applied to other standard electric vehicle charging bases, such as CHAdeMO of Japan, SAE J1772 of the American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and DIN 70121 of Germany.

The panel 12 of the charging stand of the electric vehicle in this embodiment mainly refers to that after the charging gun (not shown) is inserted in the charging stand of the electric vehicle, the peripheral part of the charging gun, that is, the charging stand of the electric vehicle is not covered by the charging gun Part can be regarded as the location of the panel.

According to the electric vehicle charging stand of this embodiment, the insulating base 10 has a body 14, a plurality of terminal accommodating portions 16, a positioning convex ring 17, and a cover plate 18. The cover plate 18 is rotatably connected to one side of the panel 12 and can cover the insertion hole 120. The panel 12 is connected to the front end of the body 14. The front end of the body 14 in this embodiment includes a connecting plate 142. The panel 12 in this embodiment is fixed to the connecting plate 142 by a plurality of screws. The plurality of terminal accommodating portions 16 are disposed inside the body 14 and expose the insertion hole 120, the positioning convex ring 17 surrounds the insertion hole 120, and the cover plate 18 covers the positioning convex ring 17 .

Please refer to FIGS. 3 to 3B together, wherein FIGS. 3A and 3B are enlarged views of the IIIA and IIIB parts of FIG. 3, respectively. In this embodiment, the manner of accommodating the indicator light bar 30 is described as follows, wherein the front end surface of the panel 12 is recessed to form a light bar accommodating groove 122 that surrounds the periphery of the positioning convex ring 17 The shape of the light bar accommodating groove 122 corresponds to the outer shape of the light bar 30, and the light bar 30 is received in the light bar accommodating groove 122.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 3B, the insulating base 10 forms a circuit channel 143, and the circuit channel 143 communicates with the light bar accommodating groove 122. The circuit channel 143 of this embodiment is located at the bottom end of the body 14, penetrates the body 14 in a direction parallel to the terminal accommodating portion 16, and partially passes through the panel 12 to communicate with the light bar accommodating groove 122. The indicator bar 30 is connected to a cable 33, and the cable 33 extends from the back of the circuit board 31 through the line channel 143 to be electrically connected to the charging system of the electric vehicle. The inlet of the circuit channel 143 may be further sealed with a waterproof material, for example, the circuit channel 143 is sealed with a waterproof heat shrinkable tube to provide a waterproof protection function.

The charging stand for an electric vehicle with charging instructions also includes a light-transmissive plate 40 that covers the light bar accommodating groove 122 and is located outside the indicator light bar 30. The light emitted by the light-emitting diode 32 passes through the transparent plate 40. The light-transmissive plate 40 may be a uniform light plate or a light guide plate (LGP). The uniform light plate can make the point light source of the light-emitting diode 32 uniform, and the light guide plate can also guide the light to other parts. The light-transmissive plate 40 may also be waterproof glue to seal the light bar accommodating groove 122.

In this embodiment, the panel 12 may be preferably made of a light guide material, such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, Poly (methyl methacrylate)) resin, or polycarbonate (Polycarbonate, PC), The positioning convex ring 17 is connected to the panel 12, and the light emitted by the light-emitting diode 32 passes through the panel 12 that can guide light and is exposed on the front end surface of the panel 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions of the present invention further includes a control circuit board 50 connected to the indicator bar 30 and capable of controlling the color of light, continuous lighting or flashing, etc. The control circuit board 50 is electrically connected to a charging control system (not shown) of the electric vehicle, and controls the light emitting diode 32 to emit corresponding light according to the amount of electricity. For example, the control circuit board 50 can be based on the communication method between the charging stand and the electric vehicle power system. For example, Japan's CHAdeMO and China's GB/T standard DC charging use CAN communication to connect to the vehicle's charging control system through a connector. Confirmation, battery compatibility, battery maximum voltage, battery rated capacity, output voltage and current, etc. In this embodiment, after the charging gun (not shown) is inserted, when the connection is confirmed, light is displayed, for example, a white light is emitted to indicate light. After the connection, different lights can be displayed according to the amount of power. For example, the red flashing light represents a fault state, the green light is full of standby, and the blue light is charging. In this way, the electric vehicle charging base of this creation can provide visual guidance and directly provide charging-related information without the need for transparency. Check through the operation panel or mobile phone program in the car. Regarding the relevant indication status of the control circuit board 50, reference can be made to the Approved Republic of China Patent TW M524587U "Charging Equipment with Status Indication" by the applicant.

However, this creation is not limited to the above communication methods, for example, it can also be applied to the communication specifications of the US SAE and the German DIN. These specifications are communicated with the on-board charging control system through the Power Line Communication (PLC) method. Taking the American SAE as an example, when the DC charging gun is inserted into the electric vehicle, the connection status is first confirmed with the AC charging plug part, and then the electric vehicle is notified to open the digital communication through the definition of the PWM signal, and then enters the initial connection phase through the PLC method, and finally begins Perform DC charging.

[Second Embodiment]

Please refer to FIGS. 4A and 4B, which shows a second embodiment of the electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions. The main difference with the previous embodiment is that the light bar accommodating groove 122a is concealedly disposed on the inner side of the panel 12 and is recessed from the inner surface of the panel 12 rather than on the outer surface of the panel 12. Wherein the panel 12 is made of a light guide material, the indicator bar 30 is accommodated in the light bar accommodating groove 122a and is located behind the front end surface of the panel 12, the light emitting diode 32 emits The light passes through the panel 12 capable of guiding light and is exposed to the entire front end surface of the panel 12. The advantage of this embodiment is that the appearance of the charging stand is more beautiful, the range of light display can be wider, and it is displayed on the entire front end surface of the panel 12.

The positioning convex ring 17 of this embodiment is integrally connected to the panel 12, and the light emitted by the light-emitting diode 32 passes through the panel 12 and the positioning convex ring 17 and is exposed to the panel 12 Front face.

One of the beneficial effects of this creation is that the electric vehicle charging base of this creation can provide visual guidance and directly provide charging-related information without having to view it through the operation panel or mobile phone program in the car.

The content disclosed above is only a preferred and feasible embodiment of this creation, and does not limit the scope of the patent application for this creation, so any equivalent technical changes made by using this creation specification and graphic content are included in this creation application Within the scope of the patent.

10: Insulation seat

12: Panel

122: Light bar accommodating groove

120: Plug hole

14: Ontology

142: connecting plate

16: Terminal accommodating part

17: positioning convex ring

18: Cover

30: light bar

31: Circuit board

32: LED

40: Transparent board

Claims (10)

An electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions includes: an insulating seat body having a panel and a plurality of terminal accommodating parts, the panel forming an insertion hole, the plurality of terminals accommodating The plug hole is exposed; and an indicator bar, the indicator bar is disposed at the periphery of the terminal accommodating portion, the indicator bar has at least one light-emitting diode; the light-emitting diode The light is guided to the front end surface of the panel of the insulating base to show the charging state. An electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions as described in item 1 of the patent application range, wherein the insulating seat body has a body, a plurality of terminal accommodating portions, a positioning convex ring, and a cover plate, the panel is connected At the front end of the body, the plurality of terminal accommodating portions are provided in the body and expose the insertion hole, the positioning convex ring surrounds the insertion hole, and the cover plate covers the positioning protrusion ring. The electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions as described in item 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the front end surface of the panel is recessed to form a light bar accommodating groove, and the light bar accommodating groove surrounds the positioning convex ring, so The indicator light bar is accommodated in the light bar accommodating groove. An electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions as described in item 3 of the patent application range, wherein the insulating seat body forms a line channel, the line channel communicates with the light bar accommodating groove, and the indicator bar is connected to a The cable passes through the line channel. The charging stand for an electric vehicle with charging instructions as described in item 3 of the patent application scope also includes a light-transmissive plate covering the light bar accommodating groove and located in the indicator light bar On the outside of the light, the light emitted by the light-emitting diode passes through the transparent plate. An electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions as described in item 5 of the patent application range, wherein the transparent plate is a uniform light plate or a light guide plate. The charging stand for an electric vehicle with charging instructions as described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the panel is made of a light guide material, and the positioning convex ring is connected to the panel, the The light emitted by the light emitting diode passes through the panel capable of guiding light and is exposed on the front end surface of the panel. An electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the panel is made of a light guide material, a light bar accommodating groove is recessed on the inner side of the panel, and the indicator bar is accommodated In the light bar accommodating groove and behind the front end surface of the panel, the light emitted by the light emitting diode passes through the light guide panel and is exposed on the front end surface of the panel. An electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions as described in item 2 of the patent application range, wherein the positioning convex ring is integrally connected to the panel, and the light emitted by the light-emitting diode passes through the panel and all The positioning convex ring is exposed on the front end surface of the panel. The electric vehicle charging stand with charging instructions as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application further includes a control circuit board that electrically receives the charging control system of the electric vehicle and controls the light-emitting diode according to the amount of electricity Emit the corresponding light.

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