Charging socket arrangement for a vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorSebastian Vahle
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Abstract
A charging socket arrangement for a vehicle, having a charging socket arranged in a charging socket recess and a charging socket flap, which covers the charging socket in a first position and exposes it in a second position, and a warning flap arranged in the area of the charging socket, which in a first position is invisible and can be covered by the charging socket flap and in a second position protrudes from an outer skin of the vehicle visibly in front of and/or behind the charging socket flap as a warning sign and warns other road users of a protruding charging cable, and a vehicle having such a charging socket arrangement.
Claims20
A charging socket arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- a charging socket arranged in a charging socket recess and a charging socket flap, which covers the charging socket in a first position and exposes the charging socket arranged in the charging socket recess in a second position, and a warning flap arranged in the area of the charging socket, which, in a first position, is invisible and can be covered by the charging socket flap and, in a second position, protrudes from an outer skin of the vehicle visibly in front of and/or behind the charging socket flap as a warning sign and warns other road users of a protruding charging cable, wherein the warning flap has a cable guide on its back side facing toward the charging socket for guiding the charging cable connected to the charging socket, wherein the charging socket flap and the warning flap are connected to opposite sides of the charging socket recess (via corresponding hinges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.