CHARGING CONNECTOR - YAZAKI CORP

Title:

CHARGING CONNECTOR

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/058742

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is a charging connector which can prevent a drawing operation while being locked by making it easier to recognize that the charging connector is locked. The charging connector (B) is provided with a lever (44) which is housed in a connector case body (23) with the central portion thereof pivotally supported, an engaging claw (45b) which is integrally formed at one end of the lever (44), and a release button (46a) which is provided at the other end of the lever (44), wherein, when the charging connector is perfectly fitted to a secondary battery-side connector, the stopping claw (45b) locks with an stopping projection (19) provided on the secondary battery-side connector, and, when the release button (46a) is pressed, the locking of the stopping claw (45b) with the stopping projection (19) is released. The charging connector is provided with a locking means (100) provided with a lock unit (101) and an operation restricting member (102) which is moved to a prohibited position in which the pressing of the release button (46a) is prohibited when the lock unit (101) is locked and moved to a permitted position in which the pressing of the release button (46a) is permitted when the lock unit (101) is unlocked.

Inventors:

MATSUMOTO MITSUHIRO (JP)
KATO HAJIME (JP)
ARIMA SUMINORI (JP)
ICHIKAWA SHINJI (JP)
MIZUTANI ATSUSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2009/069367

Publication Date:

May 27, 2010

Filing Date:

November 13, 2009

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

YAZAKI CORP (JP)
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
MATSUMOTO MITSUHIRO (JP)
KATO HAJIME (JP)
ARIMA SUMINORI (JP)
ICHIKAWA SHINJI (JP)
MIZUTANI ATSUSHI (JP)

International Classes:

H01R13/639

Foreign References:

JPH09161898A	1997-06-20
JPH06310207A	1994-11-04
JP2004303581A	2004-10-28
JPH06310207A	1994-11-04

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