# US 2026/0095005 A1 · Electricity charging port of vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0095005 A1 - Document ID: US20260095005A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/046,038 - Filed: 2025-02-05 - Published: 2026-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2024-09-30 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Inventors: Ji Ho Lee; Sin Kook Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260095005A1 ## CPC - H01R 13/748: {using one or more screws (H01R13/746 takes precedence)} - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - H01R 24/76: with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electricity charging port of claim 1, wherein a coupling portion having a coupling hole therein is provided on one side of the inlet bracket, and the coupling portion is fixedly coupled to the mounting seat via the fastener. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electricity charging port of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a through-hole, and the charging inlet is positioned to be inserted into the through-hole from outside of the housing and to protrude into an interior of the housing, and positioned to correspond to the opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electricity charging port of claim 1, wherein the housing is integrally molded with an elastic sealing member and formed as a single member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electricity charging port of claim 4, wherein the housing includes a through-hole, and wherein the elastic sealing member comprises: an outer sealing portion disposed along an outer end of the housing in a vehicle width direction, an inner sealing portion disposed along an inner edge of the through-hole, and at least one connecting portion connecting the outer sealing portion to the inner sealing portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The electricity charging port of claim 4, wherein the elastic sealing member is formed by double injection molding, and the mounting seat is formed together with the elastic sealing member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electricity charging port of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a connection hole, and wherein the mounting seat comprises: a core portion connected to an inner edge of the connection hole and extending outwardly of the housing, a neck portion extending radially inwardly from an end of the core portion, a flat portion extending in a thickness direction of the neck portion from a radially inner end of the neck portion, and a metal ring joined to an inner circumferential surface of the flat portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electricity charging port of claim 7, wherein the core portion, the neck portion, and the flat portion are formed of the elastic material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electricity charging port of claim 7, wherein a tolerance absorption amount between the inner panel and the external panel is adjustable according to an end shape of the core portion and a thickness of the neck portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electricity charging port of claim 9, wherein the mounting seat is configured such that, in response to a gap between the inlet bracket and the housing being decreased, the end of the core portion shrinks and the neck portion is deformed toward the housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The electricity charging port of claim 9, wherein the mounting seat is configured such that, in response a gap between the inlet bracket and the housing being increased, the neck portion is deformed toward the inlet bracket. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electricity charging port of claim 1, wherein the inner panel and the external panel are joined by bolting, wherein the inlet bracket is mounted in the inner panel by bolting, and wherein the housing is mounted in the opening via a clip. ### Claim 13 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; and 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electricity charging port of claim 13, wherein the mounting seat further comprises: a core portion connected to an inner edge of a connection hole of the housing and extending in a first direction from the housing, wherein the elastic neck portion extends radially inwardly from an end of the core portion in a second direction, wherein the second direction intersects with the first direction; a flat portion extending in a thickness direction of the elastic neck portion from a radially inner end of the elastic neck portion; and a metal ring joined to an inner circumferential surface of the flat portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electricity charging port of claim 14, further comprising a fastener, wherein the fastener comprises a bolt extending through the metal ring and securing the metal ring; and a nut threadedly engaged with the bolt, such that the fastener fixes the metal ring to the inlet bracket. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The electricity charging port of claim 14, wherein the core portion, the elastic neck portion, and the flat portion are formed of an elastic material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The electricity charging port of claim 14, wherein a tolerance absorption amount between the inner panel and the external panel is adjustable according to an end shape of the core portion and a thickness of the elastic neck portion.