Vehicle

Inventors: Jun Kobayashi (Obu, JP); Takahiro Okano (Chiryu, JP); Mitsuyoshi Ohno (Miyoshi, JP); Nobuhiro Nakano (Nagakute, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B60K1/04 H01M50/249 H01M50/264 B60L53/80 H01M2220/20

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Quick Facts

Patent No.: US 12697861
App. No.: 18/514,423
Granted: Aug 4, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body. The battery includes a battery side connector. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body side connector electrically connectable to the battery side connector and a holding portion that holds the vehicle body side connector. The holding portion holds the vehicle body side connector as being movable along a fitting direction in which the vehicle body side connector and the battery side connector are fitted to each other while the battery side connector is connected to the vehicle body side connector.

Claims (23)

1 . A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body on which a battery is mountable; and

the battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body, wherein:

the battery includes a battery side connector,

the vehicle body includes:

a vehicle body side connector electrically connectable to the battery side connector,

a holding portion that holds the vehicle body side connector, and

a locking portion that locks a position of the vehicle body side connector with respect to the holding portion,

the holding portion holds the vehicle body side connector as being movable along a fitting direction in which the vehicle body side connector and the battery side connector are fitted to each other while the battery side connector is connected to the vehicle body side connector,

the locking portion is movable with respect to the holding portion between a lock position where the vehicle body side connector is locked at a position of connection of the battery side connector to the vehicle body side connector and an unlock position where relative movement of the battery side connector with respect to the holding portion in the fitting direction is allowed,

the vehicle body side connector includes:

a connector main body electrically connected to the battery side connector, and

a flange extending outward from the connector main body in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the fitting direction,

the unlock position is set at a position retracted from the flange in the orthogonal direction from the lock position,

the holding portion includes:

a peripheral wall having a shape surrounding the vehicle body side connector, and

a receiving portion having a shape that projects inward from a lower end of the peripheral wall in the orthogonal direction, facing the flange in the fitting direction, and receiving the flange,

the locking portion locks the flange at the lock position at a position where the flange is spaced apart from the receiving portion in the fitting direction.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle body further includes a biasing member that biases the vehicle body side connector toward the battery side connector in the fitting direction.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding portion holds the vehicle body side connector as being movable relatively to the holding portion in a direction orthogonal to the fitting direction, and

at least one of the vehicle body side connector and the battery side connector is provided with a magnet.