Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yazaki Corporation

Kenya Takahashi

Daisuke Ito

Hirotaka Fukushima

Shigeo Mori

Eiji Kitano

Masaru Sasaki

Daisuke Sugiyama

Toshiyuki Matsuda

A connector () includes a first terminal with a first flange, a second terminal with a second flange, a housing () having first and second accommodating portions (), and a retainer. The first terminal is at a proper position in a front-rear direction in the housing () by being in the first accommodating portion () with the first flange locked by a first lock in the first accommodating portion (). The second terminal is at a proper position in a front-rear direction in the housing () by being in the second accommodating portion () and having the second flange locked by a second lock in the second accommodating portion (), but is rearward of the proper position in the front-rear direction when the second terminal is in the first accommodating portion () and the second flange is locked by the first lock.

Connector on electric vehicle for charging the electric vehicle

A connectordisclosed by this specification includes a housing (retainer), and a coverto be attached to the housing from behind. The coverincludes an openingopen in a direction intersecting an attaching direction to the housing, a facing portionfacing the opening, an outer lock portionprovided at least on the facing portionand an inner lock portionprovided adjacent to the outer lock portion. The housing includes an outer lock receiving portionto be locked in a separating direction of the coverby the outer lock portioncoming into contact therewith from an outer peripheral side and an inner lock portionto be locked in the separating direction of the coverby the inner lock portioncoming into contact therewith from an inner peripheral side.

Connector

A connector () includes a retainer () and a cover () to be attached to the retainer () from behind. The retainer () includes a circular base plate (), a terminal holding portion () penetrating the base plate () in a plate thickness direction, a cover attaching portion () projecting rearward from a periphery of the base plate () and a detecting projection () projecting rearward from a rear of the cover attaching portion (). The cover () includes a fitting tube () to fit externally to the cover attaching portion (). A locked portion (B) holds the fitting tube () in a proper attaching posture by being locked to the cover attaching portion (). A detection hole () is open behind the fitting tube () and the detecting projection () projects out from the detection hole () when the fitting tube () reaches the proper attaching posture.

A connector includes a housing () with a terminal accommodation chamber (). A retainer () covers a rear opening (A) of the housing (), and a fitting tube () on a front surface of the retainer () is fit into the rear opening (A) of the housing (). A seal ring () is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the fitting tube () and is compressed between the outer peripheral surface of the fitting tube () and an inner peripheral surface of the rear surface opening (A). A retaining portion () having a locking head () on a tip projects on a rear surface of the seal ring (). A locking hole () is provided in a periphery of the retainer (), the retaining portion () being passable through the locking hole, and the locking head () is locked to an edge of the locking hole () from behind.

A charging inletdescribed in this specification includes a cable lock mount portionfor mounting a cable lock. The cable lock mount portionincludes: locking wallsincluding locking holesA,B for insertion of a cable lock pin; a pin lockto be locked on the cable lock pinfor retaining the cable lock pin; and a displacement restricting portion (support walls) for restricting displacement of the cable lock pin when the cable lock pinis displaced in a direction toward the pin lock. The displacement restricting portion restricts the displacement of the cable lock pinby abutting on the cable lock pinin a position at which the cable lock pindoes not contact the pin lock

Charging inlet

A drainage inducing member that promotes drainage is arranged on an edge portion on the back side of a drain hole provided in an inlet base of an inlet assembly, in order to better promote the drainage of water that has reached the drain hole to the outside.

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Mie, Japan

Kenya Takahashi