Patent ID: 8737026

Claim:
An electric vehicle charging cord set, comprising: a housing containing an interrupting device therein, the interrupting device being provided with a pair of terminal units and adapted to disconnect the terminal units from each other at the occurrence of electric leakage; a first cord provided at one end with a plug connectable to an outlet installed on a wall surface of a building, the first cord being connected at the other end to one of the terminal units of the interrupting device; and a second cord provided at one end with a connector connectable to an inlet of an electric vehicle, the second cord being connected at the other end to the other of the terminal units of the interrupting device, wherein the housing includes a storage unit for extendibly storing the second cord, a stand for stably placing the housing on a ground surface and a transportation handle, and wherein the storage unit includes a drum rotatably attached to the housing for rotation about a rotational axis and provided with an outer circumferential surface, the second cord being wound on the outer circumferential surface of the drum along a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis, wherein the interrupting device includes: a switching mechanism configured to perform switching operation between the terminal units; a control unit configured to control the switching mechanism; and a power supply unit configured to supply a power to the control unit, wherein the housing is provided with a holder portion for holding the connector in place, wherein the holder portion includes a box-shaped holding part protruding from the housing, the holding part having flat rectangular surfaces and an opening on an upper surface of the holding part, and wherein the holder portion is configured such that the connector is held within the holder portion in a state that a tip end portion of the connector is inserted into the holder portion through the opening.