US 12,377,739 B2
Charging inlet apparatus
Masaru Sasaki, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,343.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-045523 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302930 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/717 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [B60Q 1/0017 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/717 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging inlet apparatus comprising:
an inlet box provided at a charging opening of a vehicle and in which a charging inlet is disposed; and
one or more electrical components mounted on a mounting surface of the inlet box from a vehicle cabin side of the vehicle and having a waterproof object area, wherein:
the mounting surface is inclined toward the vehicle cabin side with respect to a vertical direction; and
the inlet box includes one or more canopy portions that project from the inlet box so as to be located over the one or more electrical components, wherein:
the one or more electrical components include
a charging indicator configured to light up when charging using the charging inlet is performed, and
a charging inlet lamp configured to illuminate an area around the charging inlet when a charging lid configured to open and close the charging opening is opened; and
the one or more canopy portions are a canopy portion disposed over the charging indicator and the charging inlet lamp arranged in a vertical direction.