Patent ID: 9601864
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A charging connector for charging a battery installed in a vehicle, the vehicle having a panel with a mounting opening, the charging connector comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends and a mounting plate rearward of the front end, all of the housing forward of the mounting plate being dimensioned and configured to pass through the mounting opening in the panel of the vehicle, the mounting plate being larger than the mounting opening and having a front face configured for sealing engagement with the panel adjacent the mounting opening; at least one tower to be mounted in or to the housing and comprising at least one accommodating chamber for at least partly accommodating at least one terminal fitting, the tower being mounted in or to the housing by at least partly inserting the tower into a mating hole of the housing; and at least one seal between the tower and the housing, wherein said accommodating chamber comprises at or near a rear side thereof a fitting portion for fitting the terminal fitting and at or near a front side an exposed portion for exposing a leading contact portion of the terminal fitting to be contacted with a mating terminal fitting of a mating charging connector provided at an end of a charging cable, and wherein the tower can be assembled and disassembled from the housing with the terminal fitting mounted within the accommodating chamber of said tower.