Patent ID: 9227520
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B60L,H01M,H01R,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An electric vehicle charging apparatus comprising: a feeder connector that connects with a vehicle-side connector of an electric vehicle from outside of the electric vehicle and supplies electric energy; a repulsion force generation section that generates a repulsion force with such a directionality as to cause the feeder connector and the vehicle-side connector to break off from each other; an engaging mechanism that stores the repulsion force generated by the repulsion force generation section without releasing the generated repulsion force; a latch release section that disconnects the feeder connector from the vehicle-side connector by being pressed; and a disconnection detection mechanism that detects that the feeder connector is disconnected from the vehicle-side connector while the latch release section has not been pressed, wherein when the disconnection detection mechanism has detected that the feeder connector is disconnected from the vehicle-side connector, the engaging mechanism is disabled to release the repulsion force, thereby causing the feeder connector and the vehicle-side connector to break off from each other by the repulsion force, and when the latch release section has been pressed, the engaging mechanism prevents the repulsion force from being released.