# US 8,740,283 B2 · Arrangement structure for charging port cover > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,283 B2 - Document ID: US8740283B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/820,585 - Filed: 2011-07-27 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-01 - Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Junichi Yamamaru; Daisuke Takashima; Masaaki Takagi; Masato Inoue; Tooru Yamashita - Inventors: Junichi Yamamaru; Daisuke Takashima; Masaaki Takagi; Masato Inoue; Tooru Yamashita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740283B2 ## CPC - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - E05D 7/04: Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame - H01R 13/74: Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel - B60L 2270/32: of electricity - B60L 2270/34: of parts - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - 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 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - 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 - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An arrangement structure for a charging port cover includes a charging port (15) having a charging inlet (21) in a charging port opening portion (17) provided on a vehicle body, and a lid (7) that covers the charging port opening portion and is openable and closable on the vehicle body. The arrangement structure further includes a charging port cover (35) attached to the lid in an opened state to cover open sections (16, 18) between the charging port opening portion and the lid. The lid is fixed to the vehicle body by hinges (5) in an openable and closable manner. The open sections are located in side portions of the lid and the charging port opening portion in an axis direction (X) of the hinges and in a front portion in a direction (Y) orthogonal to the axis direction of the hinges. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An arrangement structure for a charging port cover, comprising: a charging port having a charging inlet in a charging port opening portion provided on a vehicle body; a lid that covers the charging port opening portion and is openable and closable on the vehicle body; and a charging port cover attached to the lid in an opened state to cover open sections between the charging port opening portion and the lid, wherein the lid is fixed to the vehicle body by a hinge in an openable and closable manner, and the open sections are located in a side portion of the lid and the charging port opening portion in an axis direction of the hinge and in a front portion in a direction orthogonal to the axis direction of the hinge. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The arrangement structure for the charging port cover according to claim 1, wherein the charging port cover covers the open sections defined by the charging port opening portion and the lid in a state in which the lid is located in an intermediate position between a fully-opened state and a fully-closed state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The arrangement structure for the charging port cover according to claim 1, wherein the lid is provided with a lid-side engaging member, and the vehicle body is provided with a vehicle body-side engaged member that engages with the lid-side engaging member, and the charging port cover includes a cover-side engaged member that engages with the lid-side engaging member of the lid, and a cover-side engaging member that engages with the vehicle body-side engaged member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The arrangement structure for the charging port cover according to claim 1, wherein a cover-side engaged member and a cover-side engaging member in the charging port cover are arranged along an open-close direction of the lid in a state in which the charging port cover is attached to the lid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The arrangement structure for the charging port cover according to claim 1, wherein a cover-side engaging member in the charging port cover is provided such that it can rotate toward the hinge in the state in which the charging port cover is attached to the lid.