Safety plug device for high-voltage battery
AssigneesKia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
InventorHae Kyu Lim
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Abstract
A safety plug device that is disposed in a high-voltage battery to interrupt power supply. The device includes a female housing, a male housing, and a grip part. The female housing includes a terminal part and the male housing is equipped with a fuse and is removably coupled to the female housing. The grip part is slidable on the male housing in forward and backward directions, is simultaneously coupled to the male housing in a vertical direction, and is equipped with an interlock pin connected to an interlock connector at a rear end thereof. In particular, the grip part slides forward to release the interlock pin and to be coupled to the male housing, to allow the grip part and the male housing to be removed in an upward direction to interrupt the power supply.
Claims5
A safety plug device disposed in a high-voltage battery to interrupt power supply, the device comprising:
- a female housing including a terminal part;
- a male housing equipped with a fuse and removably coupled to the female housing;
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- a grip part slidable on the male housing in forward and backward directions, simultaneously coupled to the male housing in a vertical direction, and equipped with an interlock pin connected to an interlock connector at a rear end thereof,
- wherein the grip part slides forward to release the interlock pin and become coupled to the male housing, to allow the grip part and the male housing to be removed in an upward direction to interrupt the power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.