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US 8,770,648 B2Granted
Device for receiving a container for a charging socket in a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWilfried Eberle, Ruediger Jahn
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Abstract
A charging socket for a hybrid or electric vehicle is arranged in a container which is held in an opening in a body sheet of the vehicle body. A frame surrounds the opening on the inside of the body sheet. The frame is fixed to the body sheet and retains the container in a supported manner.
Claims6
A hybrid or electric vehicle comprising:
- a body sheet having an opening with an opening edge;
- an internal frame surrounding the opening in the body sheet, the internal frame having a bearing flange bearing against an inner surface of the body sheet and having a collar with an encircling wall bent away from the opening edge in the body sheet;
- an encircling retaining limb having an encircling wall connected to the encircling wall of the collar and further having a fastening flange projecting into the opening;
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- a container for a charging socket of the hybrid or electric vehicle, the container being positioned in the opening and having a flange retained on and supported by the fastening flange of the retaining limb.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.