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Granted Patent B2
US 12,502,989 · App. 17/898,801 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Electric motor vehicle

Inventors: Takuya Tomioka (Toyota, JP); Keisuke Kondoh (Okazaki, JP); Takamitsu Goto (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L53/16B60S1/50
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Patent No.
US 12,502,989
App. No.
17/898,801
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric motor vehicle comprises a charging port which is opened in a vehicle side portion and opened/closed by a charging lid, a charging inlet which is arranged inside the charging port and has a connection unit connectable to an outside power source, and on-vehicle liquid tank which is arranged in the vicinity of the charging port and provided with liquid level indication of the stored liquid amount. The charging port has therein check hole which is opened to check the liquid level indication.

Claims (6)

1 . An electric motor vehicle comprising:

a charging port which is opened in a vehicle side portion and opened/closed by a charging lid;

a charging inlet which is arranged inside the charging port and has a connection unit connectable to an outside power source; and

an on-vehicle liquid tank which is arranged in a vicinity of the charging port and provided with a liquid level indication of a stored liquid amount, wherein:

the charging port has therein a check hole which is opened to view a side of the on-vehicle liquid tank to check the liquid level indication.

2 . The electric motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the check hole is opened inside the charging port as a part of an unobstructed-view passage which leads the liquid level indication to the charging port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: TOMIOKA, TAKUYA; KONDOH, KEISUKE; GOTO, TAKAMITSU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060941/0895 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-142690 · Sep 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230063958A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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