IP Library Granted Patent US 8,827,731
Granted Patent B2
US 8,827,731 · App. 13/580,511 · Granted Sep 9, 2014

Inlet assembly

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Patent No.
US 8,827,731
App. No.
13/580,511
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drainage inducing member that promotes drainage is arranged on an edge portion on the back side of a drain hole provided in an inlet base of an inlet assembly, in order to better promote the drainage of water that has reached the drain hole to the outside.

Claims (7)

1. An inlet assembly provided in a vehicle in which a power storage device mounted inside is charged using an external power supply, comprising:

an inlet to which a connector that is connected to the external power supply connects;

an inlet base that secures the inlet to the vehicle; and

a cylindrical guide wall that surrounds the inlet and guides the connector into connection with the inlet,

wherein a drain hole is provided in the inlet base, and a drainage inducing member that promotes drainage is arranged on an edge portion of the drain hole, on a back side of the inlet base, the back side being a side opposite the side on which the inlet is provided.

2. The inlet assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the drain holes are provided in the inlet base, a respective one of the drainage inducing members is provided for a respective one of the drain holes, and a collective drainage member that collects water drained from the drainage inducing members in a single location and that drains the water is provided.

3. The inlet assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a grommet that covers a cable that is connected to the inlet is provided on the back side of the inlet base, and the collective drainage member is provided on the grommet.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2012
From: SASAKI, MASARU; SUGIYAMA, DAISUKE; FUKUSHIMA, HIROTAKA; MORI, SHIGEO; TAKAHASHI, KENYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029429/0337 →