Charging connector device for a motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsThomas Jobst, Jaume Sanchez, Michael Kauselmann
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Abstract
A charging connector device for a motor vehicle. A connector socket, which is arranged in a depression, with a pivotable cover, which can be detachably connected to said connector socket, as well as a pivotable cover flap, which closes the depression reversibly. The cover and the cover flap can pivot between a closed position and an opened position. The cover, situated in the opened position, is arranged in the pivoting path of the cover flap, which can pivot from the opened position to the closed position by a motor-driven positioning device, and, during the pivot movement of the cover flap, is entrained by the latter for closure.
Claims5
A charging connector device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a connector socket, which is arranged in a depression, with a pivotable cover, which can be detachably connected to said connector socket, as well as a pivotable cover flap, which closes the depression reversibly, wherein the cover and the cover flap can pivot between a closed position and an opened position, wherein the cover, situated in the opened position, is arranged in the pivoting path of the cover flap, which can pivot from the opened position to the closed position by a motor-driven positioning device, and, during the pivot movement of the cover flap, is entrained by the latter for closure, and
- wherein the cover is coupled to a return element, the return element is a coil spring, a first end of the return element is fastened at the cover, and a second end of the return element is fastened at the depression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.