Device for detecting opening/closing of charger lid

A device for detecting opening/closing of a charger lid provided in the vicinity of a battery charging opening of a vehicle body, the device comprising:

• a first urging means for urging the charger lid in a closing direction;
• a push rod provided in the battery charging opening and capable of pushing up the charger lid;
• an illumination means provided in the battery charging opening and capable of illuminating an inside of the battery charging opening;
• a switch means for turning on or off the illumination means;
• a second urging means for urging the charger lid in an opening direction;
• and
• a push-push mechanism, wherein
• when the charger lid is located at a closed position for closing the battery charging opening, the push-push mechanism holds the push rod in a standby state
• when the charger lid located at the closed position is pressed and the standby state of the push rod is cancelled, the push-push mechanism opens the charger lid by pushing up the push rod by an urging force of the second urging means,
• when the switch means is turned off by the push rod in the standby state, the illumination means is turned off, and
• when the switch means is turned on by the push rod no longer in the standby state, the illumination means is turned on.