US 12,485,781 B2
Charging connector for vehicle
Soo Hwan Park, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to YURA CO., LTD., Hwaseong-si (KR); and YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by YURA CO., LTD., Hwaseong-si (KR)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,093.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0064059 (KR), filed on May 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371457 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging connector for a vehicle, which is coupled to an inlet charging part of an electrical vehicle, the charging connector comprising:
an outlet terminal part electrically connected to an inlet terminal part installed inside the inlet charging part;
a housing configured to provide an accommodation space, in which the outlet terminal part is accommodated, and a coupling space coupled to the inlet terminal part; and
a rear holder installed at one side of the housing to prevent the outlet terminal part from being separated,
wherein the outlet terminal part comprises:
a plurality of charging terminals coupled to the inlet terminal part; and
a prevention rib extending from the outside of the charging terminal in an extension direction and having a distal end supported at one side of the rear holder to prevent the charging terminal from begin separated,
wherein the prevention rib formed on each of the charging terminals comprises;
a connection end protruding along an outer circumferential surface of each of the charging terminals;
a plurality of elastic cantilevers spaced a predetermined distance from the connection end to extend in the extension direction; and
a support end bent from a distal end of each of the elastic cantilevers and disposed to face the extension part, and
wherein the prevention rib is primarily fixed to a rear holder, and the outlet terminal part and the rear holder are integrally fastened to the housing.