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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1993
Hiromichi Kuno, Aichi, JP;
Toshiyuki Sekimori, Aichi, JP;
Shigemitsu Inaba, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiaki Hasegawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaka Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyat, JP;
Abstract
The feeder connector consists of feeding-side and receiving-side connectors. The feeding-side connector includes a casing consisting of split-type cases fastened to each other, a connector body slidably installed in a front half section of the casing, and a handle movably mounted in a rear half section of the casing such that it advances through rotation of a lever to push the connector body against the receiving-side connector, the handle also serving as lead wires-passing tube. The lever includes a first locking means for locking the connector body in an engaged state with a mating connector body of the receiving-side connector, a second locking means operated through energizing an electro-magnetic coil, and a means for releasing the lever from the locking by the first locking means after the locking by the second locking means is released by deenergizing. The feeder connector prevents the feeding-side and receiving-side connectors from detachment during feeding in charging an electric vehicle and has a simple structure suitable for multi-polarization.