IP Library Granted Patent US 9,120,641
Granted Patent B2
US 9,120,641 · App. 13/398,086 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Electric vehicle charger

Inventors: Takahide Iida (Kariya, JP); Masakatsu Sakuda (Nagakute, JP); Youichi Takahashi (Nagakute, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki; Nitto Kogyo Corporation
B65H75/4476B65H2701/34
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Patent No.
US 9,120,641
App. No.
13/398,086
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric vehicle charger includes: a first winder unit and a second winder unit for winding and holding a charging cable having a charging connector at its end portion; and a body unit for arranges the first winder unit and the second winder unit with the distance between the first winder unit and the second winder unit set longer than the diameter of the charging cable, wherein the charging cable passes between the first winder unit and the second winder unit, and the charging cable is fixed before passing between the first winder unit and the second winder unit.

Claims (17)

1. An electric vehicle charger, comprising:

a first winder unit and a second winder unit holding a charging cable wound around outer peripheries of the first winder unit and the second winder unit, the charging cable having a charging connector at an end portion;

a body unit that arranges the first winder unit and the second winder unit with a distance between the first winder unit and the second winder unit set longer than a diameter of the charging cable; and

a fixing unit that fixes the charging cable to the body unit, the fixing unit being arranged in a space between the first winder unit and the second winder unit or the outer periphery of the first winder unit or the second winder unit, wherein

the charging cable passes between the first winder unit and the second winder unit.

2. The electric vehicle charger according to claim 1 , wherein

a power supply unit is arranged so as to allow the charging cable to pass between the first winder unit and the second winder unit.

3. The electric vehicle charger according to claim 2 , wherein the power supply unit is provided in the body unit, and the charging cable is fixed to the power supply unit.

4. The electric vehicle charger according to claim 1 , wherein

a power supply unit is stored in one of the first winder unit and the second winder unit.

5. The electric vehicle charger according to claim 3 , wherein

the fixing unit fixes the charging cable in the power supply unit in a substantially linear state, and

the charging cable extends from a line outlet at a position between the first winder unit and the second winder unit in one direction.

6. The electric vehicle charger according to claim 1 , wherein

a power supply unit is arranged at a position that allows the charging cable to pass between the first winder unit and the second winder unit, the power supply unit being provided externally,

the fixing unit fixes the charging cable in the power supply unit in a substantially linear state, and

the charging cable is connected to a cable for supplying the public electricity by a terminal block, is passed through a line outlet in a body unit from a back of the body unit, is arranged on the surface of the body unit, and is exited from the line outlet of the position in one direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2012
From: IIDA, TAKAHIDE; SAKUDA, MASAKATSU; TAKAHASHI, YOUICHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI; NITTO KOGYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028020/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2012
From: IIDA, TAKAHIDE; SAKUDA, MASAKATSU; TAKAHASHI, YOUICHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI; NITTO KOGYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027827/0053 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-034510 · Feb 21, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120212180A1 · Aug 23, 2012