US 11,699,875 B2
Connector
Shigehiro Tsuda, Hyogo (JP); Shico Kodama, Hyogo (JP); and Hiroaki Nii, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and SUMIDEN TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PRODUCTS, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and SUMIDEN TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PRODUCTS, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,961.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-193960 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170648 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01)
CPC H01R 13/6271 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6608 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 2270/36 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector configured to be connected to an inlet of an electric apparatus having a storage battery, the connector comprising:
a main body portion;
an insertion portion provided on a front side of the main body portion and configured to be inserted into the inlet;
a first arm including a first intermediate portion swingably supported on the main body portion, a first front portion extending from the first intermediate portion to the insertion portion, a hook provided at the first front portion, and a first rear portion provided on a rear side of the first intermediate portion;
a first preloading member configured to preload the first arm such that the hook protrudes from an outer peripheral surface of the insertion portion;
a release member configured to come into contact with the first rear portion such that the first arm is swung in a direction opposite to a preloading direction of the first preloading member;
a solenoid including a plunger, the solenoid configured to advance or retract the plunger; and
a slide member configured to advance or retract in synchronization with an advancing or retracting movement of the plunger,
wherein the slide member includes a support piece configured to come into contact with a back surface of the first front portion and a connection piece connecting the plunger and the support piece,
the connection piece includes a first connection piece provided on a side of the plunger and a second connection piece provided on a side of the support piece, and
the support piece and the first connection piece are provided with a shift in position in a left- and right direction.