High-voltage charging device
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDaniel Spesser, Lutz Elsholz
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Abstract
A charging device for electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids has a housing. At least one printed circuit board with fuses thereon is arranged on the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board, together with the fuses, is arranged in the interior of the housing and is connected to the housing in a force-fitting and/or interlocking manner by at least one fastening element (2). A covering element (1) covers the printed circuit board and the fastening element (2) at least in sections, and insertion or removal of the fuses onto or from the printed circuit board can be carried out only by removing the printed circuit board from the interior of the housing. The covering element (1) has to be damaged at least in sections to remove the printed circuit board.
Claims10
A charging device for vehicles, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one printed circuit board with fuses arranged thereon being arranged in the housing and being connected to the housing in a force-fitting and/or interlocking manner by at least one fastening element;
- a covering element secured to the printed circuit board by at least one fastening means and covering the printed circuit board and the fastening element at least in sections so that insertion or removal of the fuses onto or from the printed circuit board can be carried out only by removing the printed circuit board from the interior of the housing, wherein the covering element has to be damaged at least in sections to remove the printed circuit board.
A service set for replacing at least one fuse in a charging device, comprising:
- at least one replacement fuse for replacing a damaged fuse of the charging device and a replacement covering element for replacing a covering element that had been damaged in order to replace the damaged fuse.
A covering element for a charging device that has a fuse, the covering element having at least one breakable region that blocks direct access to fuses of the charging device in an undamaged state and that must be broken to access the fuse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.