US 12,227,094 B2
Connector and power supply device
Takahisa Mochizuki, Tokyo (JP); and Takuhiro Kondo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KYB CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/601,162
Filed by KYB Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/013244
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/209062, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-074480 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176836 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60G 17/052 (2006.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); H01R 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [B60G 17/052 (2013.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.02); H01R 13/005 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector that is connectable to an electric vehicle including a pneumatic apparatus to which compressed air is supplied and that supplies electric power supplied from an electric power supply unit to the electric vehicle, the connector comprising:
a charging connection portion that supplies electric power to the electric vehicle;
an air supply connection portion that supplies compressed air to the pneumatic apparatus;
a connector main body to which electric power is supplied from the electric power supply unit; and
an adapter connected to the connector main body and the electric vehicle and having the charging connection portion and the air supply connection portion, wherein
the adapter is connected to a compressor, and supplies compressed air supplied from the compressor to the pneumatic apparatus via the air supply connection portion, and
the adapter is directly connected to the compressor such that compressed air from the compressor is supplied to the pneumatic apparatus through the adapter and not through the connector main body.