Electricity charging port of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJi Ho Lee, Sin Kook Kim
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Abstract
An electricity charging port of a vehicle that may absorb tolerance when installed on a vehicle body is provided. The electricity charging port can include an inlet bracket mounted on an inner panel of a vehicle body and having a charging inlet, a housing mounted in an opening of an external panel coupled to the vehicle body and accommodating the charging inlet, and a mounting seat provided on the housing and coupled to the inlet bracket by a fastener, wherein the mounting seat includes an elastic material.
Claims17
An electricity charging port comprising:
- an inlet bracket mounted on an inner panel of a vehicle body and having a charging inlet;
- a housing mounted in an opening of an external panel coupled to the vehicle body and accommodating the charging inlet;
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- a mounting seat provided on the housing and coupled to the inlet bracket by a fastener,
- wherein the mounting seat includes an elastic material.
An electricity charging port for a vehicle, the electricity charging port comprising:
- an inlet bracket configured to be mounted on an inner panel of a vehicle body of the vehicle;
- a charging inlet attached to the inlet bracket;
- a housing including an opening accommodating the charging inlet, wherein the housing is configured to engage with an external panel of the vehicle while the external panel is fixed to the vehicle body;
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- a mounting seat comprising an elastic neck portion, wherein the mounting seat flexibly couples the housing to the inlet bracket via the elastic neck portion in a configuration such that a mounting distance between the housing relative to the inlet bracket can be varied via the elastic neck portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.