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Charging connector accommodation apparatus for use in truck-type electric vehicle

  • US 9,333,868 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2013
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A charging connector accommodation apparatus for use in a truck-type or pickup-type electric vehicle having a drive motor and a drive battery configured to supply electric power to the drive motor, the charging connector accommodation apparatus comprising:

  • a box body having a first opening opened to an outside of a vehicle body and a second opening opened to an inside of the vehicle body; and

    a lid member, capable of being opened and closed, configured to cover the first opening, whereinthe box body includes;

    a frame body made of a plurality of panels and formed into a frame shape, one end of the frame body defining the first opening and another end of the frame body defining the second opening; and

    a center panel disposed inside the frame body at a position between the first opening and the second opening, the center panel hasa bent edge, at a peripheral end thereof, folded toward the first opening and joined to an inner peripheral face of the frame body,the frame body and the center panel form,a highly rigid frame section which is enhanced in rigidity by virtue of the bent edge and in which a connection port portion of a charging connector is disposed is provided more outward to the outside of the vehicle body than the center panel of the box body, anda hollow frame section which has rigidity lower than that of the highly rigid frame section against a load input from the outside of the vehicle body and in which a cable side portion of the charging connector is disposed is provided more inward to the inside of the vehicle body than the center panel of the box body.

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