Vehicle charge cable socket connector
AssigneeSMK Corporation
InventorKatsuhiro KINOSHITA
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Abstract
Electrical connection reliability of a vehicle charge cable socket connector is maintained for a long period. Dust particles and rain drops that inevitably get into a socket contact can be let out through a contact through hole and a housing through hole that extend from inside the socket contact to outside a housing. Such a configuration can avoid adverse effects of dust particles and drain drops on electrical contact and maintain high connection reliability for a long period.
Claims4
An electric vehicle charge cable socket connector provided to an end of a charge cable for use in charging an electric vehicle, the socket connector being connected with a plug connector provided to the electric vehicle for electric connection, the socket connector comprising:
- a socket contact that makes contact with a plug connector-side contact;
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- a housing that includes a holding part for holding the socket contact,
- the socket contact including
- a bottom part to be held at by the housing, and
- an elastic contact piece that extends from the bottom part and comes into elastic contact with the plug connector-side contact,
- the bottom part including
- a hollow that is formed inside, and
- a socket contact through hole that runs through to extend from the hollow to outside the bottom part,
- the housing including
- a socket contact accommodation part that accommodates the socket contact, and
- a housing through hole that opens at one end so as to be opposed to the socket contact through hole and opens at the other end to outside the socket connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.