Vehicle

• US 10,259,397 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2017
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Original Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Inventors: Onuki, Yukio
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Kiran B
• Application Number:
  US15/432,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20170274831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 296 371, 320107, 320108
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0036 Luggage compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/60 Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged
• 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 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A vehicle includes a battery, a charging unit, and a cable groove. The charging unit has a charging cable and a charging gun provided at one end of the charging cable and is configured to supply power to the battery from an external power supply. The cable groove is provided in a vehicle body and capable of accommodating the charging cable. When the charging cable is accommodated in the cable groove, the charging gun is disposed on an outer side of a transmission path, through which a shock load is transmitted to the battery during a collision with an external object.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle accommodating portion that is provided in a vehicle body and has an opening;

a battery that is provided below the accommodating portion;

a power receiver that is configured to couple to a charging unit and configured to charge the battery with power from an external power supply, the charging unit having a charging cable and a charging gun provided at one end of the charging cable; and

a charging unit accommodation portion configured to accommodate the charging unit, wherein the charging unit accommodation portion extends along the opening of the accommodating portion.