Nissan Motor Company Limited

Kazuo Sakata

Shinichi Matano

Junichi Yamamaru

Masahiro Onishi

Kiyohito Sekido

Kyouhei Kawasaki

A charging port structure is provided to prevent unauthorized access. The charging port structure includes a charging port, a port lid, a port lid lock mechanism, a body opening lid, a body opening lid lock mechanism, an electric unlocking mechanism and a manual unlocking structure. The port lid opens and closes a front opening of a port housing having the charging port. The port lid lock mechanism maintains the port lid in a closed state. The body opening lid opens and closes a vehicle body opening. The body opening lid lock mechanism maintains the body opening lid in a closed state. The body opening lid lock mechanism is unlocked from inside a passenger compartment. The electric unlocking mechanism unlocks the port lid lock mechanism. The manual unlocking structure enables the port lid lock mechanism to be unlocked by a manual operation from the vehicle body opening.

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Ebina, Japan

Kazuo Sakata