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US 12,620,750 B2Granted
Connector lock device
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsTakenori Ohmura, Yoshitaka Tsushima, Seiji Kozono
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Abstract
A connector lock device includes: a charging connector that supplies power to a battery; an inlet to which the charging connector is fitted; and a locking member that is driven forward and backward by an actuator provided in a housing of the charging connector, and of which a tip portion is retracted into the housing at a retracted position and protrudes out of the housing at an advanced position to be locked to a locked portion of the inlet and prevent the charging connector from being separated from the inlet.
Claims4
A connector lock device comprising:
- a charging connector that supplies power to a battery;
- an inlet to which the charging connector is fitted;
- a locking member that is driven forward and backward by an actuator provided in a housing of the charging connector, and of which a tip portion is retracted into the housing at a retracted position and protrudes out of the housing at an advanced position to be locked to a locked portion of the inlet and prevent the charging connector from being separated from the inlet;
- an actuator accommodating portion that is recessed in a front end of the housing and accommodating the actuator;
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- a notch groove formed in a top wall of the housing that faces the tip portion of the locking member, the notch groove extending rearward from an open end of the actuator accommodating portion, wherein
- at least a portion of the actuator is inside the inlet if the tip portion is in the advanced position and loc ked to the locked portion.
4 more elements
A connector lock device comprising:
- a charging connector that supplies power to a battery;
- an inlet to which the charging connector is fitted;
- a locking member that is driven forward and backward by an actuator provided in a housing of the charging connector, and of which a tip portion is retracted into the housing at a retracted position and protrudes out of the housing at an advanced position to be locked to a locked portion of the inlet and prevent the charging connector from being separated from the inlet;
- an actuator accommodation portion that is recessed in a front end of the housing for accommodating the actuator;
- a cover member that is attached to an open end of the actuator accommodation portion to prevent the actuator from falling off;
- and
- a locking portion that is provided on the cover member and that locks the cover member to the housing with predetermined locking force that does not damage the locking member at the advanced position and the locked portion when the charging connector moves in a separation direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.