Patent ID: 9246270
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B60L,H01R,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A power supply connector for electric automobiles, which comprises: a connector body; a case for accommodating the connector body; a grasping member that is attached to the case; a locking member, which is provided in the case, and locks the case and a locking part of a power reception connector that is the object of connection; a defect detection means for detecting defect of the locking part to which the locking member locks; and a case lock mechanism that limits the movement of the case with respect to the grasping member; wherein when a defect of the locking part is detected by the defect detection means, the sliding motion of the connector body and the grasping member with respect to the case is locked by the case lock mechanism, and when a defect of the locking part is not detected by the defect detection means, the case lock mechanism is released and the connector body and the grasping member become slidable in a direction of nearly the same axis line with respect to the case, and the defect detection means comprises at least one pair of sliders, which are slidable in the insertion-removal direction of the case, formed in the vicinity of both sides of the locking member; and when the connector body is connected to the power reception connector, if both sliders in the pair of sliders comes in contact with the locking part and is pushed toward the inside of the case, the case lock mechanism is released and the connector body and the grasping member become slidable in a direction of nearly the same axis line with respect to the case, and when the connector body is connected to the power reception connector, if at least one slider in the pair of sliders does not come in contact with the locking part and is not pushed toward the inside of the case, the case lock mechanism is not released, and in a state where the case lock mechanism is released, when the grasping member is moved toward the front with respect to the case, the connector body becomes movable toward the front with respect to the case, along with the movement of the grasping member.