US 11,877,415 B2
Battery charger for electric or hybrid motor vehicles
Giuseppe Simonazzi, Reggio Emilia (IT)
Assigned to META SYSTEM S.p.A., Reggio Emilia (IT)
Appl. No. 17/261,805
Filed by META SYSTEM S.p.A., Reggio Emilia (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/055884
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/016707, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000007394 (IT), filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282289 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1432 (2013.01) [B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); H05K 5/0213 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery charger for electric or hybrid motor vehicles, the battery charger comprising:
at least one container body installable on a motor vehicle and defining at least one housing compartment;
at least one electronic appliance housed inside said housing compartment, connectable to at least one electric battery of said motor vehicle and configured to recharge said battery; and
at least one closing body of said container body associated in a removable manner with the latter to close said housing compartment, said closing body being adapted to protect said electronic appliance housed inside said housing compartment;
wherein said closing body comprises reinforcing means which are shaped and arranged so as to prevent the deformation of the closing body itself, wherein
said reinforcing means comprise at least one reinforcing element made on at least one portion of said closing body,
said reinforcing element is of rectilinear shape,
said reinforcing means comprise a plurality of reinforcing elements made on at least one portion of said closing body,
at least one of said reinforcing elements is arranged substantially parallel to another of said reinforcing elements, and
at least one of said reinforcing elements is arranged substantially transverse to another of said reinforcing elements.