Patent ID: 6042385
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B60L,H01F,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector for charging comprising:a power supply connector element having a primary coil to be connected to a charging power source and a first core; anda vehicle connector element having a secondary coil to be connected to a battery mounted on a vehicle and a second core, said first and second cores constituting a magnetic circuit which passes through said primary and secondary coils, thereby allowing said battery to be charged by an electromotive power induced in said secondary coil, one of said first and second cores formed into an I-like section shape formed in the shape of a rectangular block, the cross-section of the I-like section shape comprising:a first uninterrupted side face;a second uninterrupted side face opposing the first uninterrupted side face;an uninterrupted top face joining the side faces; andan uninterrupted bottom face joining the side faces and opposing the uninterrupted top face,whereina region occupied by one of said first and second cores is smaller than a region occupied by the other of said first and second cores.