Connector attachment structure for electric vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuyuki Kato, Kazuo Sato, Masaki Shoji, Shohei Ohji
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Abstract
A vehicle connector that is connected through a cable to a vehicle-mounted power switchboard is attached to an attachment bracket secured to a vehicle body. The attachment bracket includes a first bracket having an attachment portion to which the vehicle connector is attached and a second bracket secured to the vehicle body so as to be positioned further to an inside of the vehicle body than the first bracket. The first bracket and the second bracket form a closed cross section. Thus, the attachment bracket having the closed cross section supports a load that is applied when a connector to be mated with the vehicle connector is inserted into or removed from the vehicle connector.
Claims6
A connector attachment structure for an electric vehicle comprising:
- an attachment bracket secured to a vehicle body;
- and
- a vehicle connector attached to the attachment bracket and connected through a cable to a vehicle-mounted power switchboard,
- wherein the attachment bracket includes
- a first bracket having an attachment portion to which the vehicle connector is attached, and
- a second bracket secured to the vehicle body and positioned on a vehicle inner side of the first bracket,
- wherein the first bracket and the second bracket constitute a closed cross section,
- wherein the first bracket protrudes outward in a vehicle width direction to have a space between the first bracket and the second bracket, and
- wherein the closed cross section is a cross section taken along the vehicle width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.