Patent ID: 11878601
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A cable-holding device for electric and hybrid vehicles that include a rechargeable storage device for storing electrical energy, wherein the rechargeable storage device includes a charging cable that can be connected to an external power supply device for the purpose of charging the rechargeable storage device and is at least temporarily connected to the vehicle, and wherein the charging cable is stowed in the cable-holding device of the vehicle when not in use,
wherein the cable-holding device provides a closed holding space for the charging cable,
wherein the closed holding space is delimited by a lower plate and an upper plate and is closed on all sides,
wherein a clear height of the closed holding space is slightly greater than a diameter of the charging cable,
wherein a holding surface for the charging cable on the lower plate is dimensioned to be large enough that an entirety of the charging cable can be held in the form of loops, and
wherein the closed holding space includes a side through opening for the charging cable.