Intermediate grasping tool of charging cable

• US 10,072,774 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2012
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hamada, Mitsuharu, Inoue, Masato
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Pete
• Application Number:
  US14/343,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20140209354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,199 Days
• Field of Search: 174135
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/10 DC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/32 of electricity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/34 of parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/01 for supporting or guiding the pipes, cables or protective tubing, between relatively movable points, e.g. movable channels
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

This intermediate grasping tool of a charging cable is mounted on a charging cable that extends from a charging stand, is provided with a cylindrical part which is hung on a hook provided on the charging stand and which is formed such that the charging cable passes through said cylindrical part, and is also provided with a gripping part which extends from the cylindrical part and is grasped. By means of such a configuration, charging operations can be performed while grasping the intermediate grasping tool of the charging cable with the hand that is not grasping the charging connector. In this way, the operability during charging can be improved.

Claims

1. A middle gripper of a charging cable, attached to the charging cable extending from a charging stand, comprising:

a cylindrical part formed to pass the charging cable therethrough and to be turnable around an axis of the charging cable and put on a hook arranged on the charging stand;

a gripping part formed extending from the cylindrical part for grasping; and

adjusting means that adjusts frictional force between the cylindrical part and the charging cable such that a deformation is formed in the charging cable that prevents axial movement of the cylindrical part while allowing rotational movement.

2. The middle gripper of a charging cable according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical part has an annular irregular part with a recess sized to receive the hook into the recess when the cylindrical part is put on the hook.

3. The middle gripper of a charging cable according to claim 2, comprising a plurality of the annular irregular parts being arranged to receive, respectively, a plurality of the hooks arranged at intervals on the charging stand.