Patent ID: 8747129

Claim:
A charging connector that is to be connected to a vehicle-side connector in a vehicle to provide current for charging a battery in the vehicle, comprising: a case body with a connecting portion connectable to the vehicle-side connector; a cable drawn out from the case body and being connected to a power supply; a protection cap made of an insulating material and being configured for mounting on the connecting portion when the connecting portion is separated from the vehicle-side connector, the protection cap being removable from the connecting portion and being configured for releasable attachment to the cable when connecting the connecting portion to the vehicle-side connector; and an elongate flexible connection extending from the protection cap to a location on the case body spaced from the connecting portion and having a length sufficient to enable the protection cap to be mounted on the connecting portion of the case body and to be releasably attached to the cable, wherein wherein the protection cap includes a peripheral wall with inner and outer peripheral surfaces, the inner peripheral surface being dimensioned to telescope over the connecting portion of the case body, one end of the elongate flexible connection being connected to the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall, and the peripheral wall including at least one mounting groove spaced from the elongate flexible connection and configured for releasably engaging the cable.