A charging inlet includes an inlet body, a DC socket cap (inlet cap) configured to occlude a DC socket area (occlusion area) of a penetration hole in a housing to make the occlusion area to be openable and closable and to cover a DC socket (mechanical portion) of a socket portion (connection mechanism) in an occlusion state; and a connection portion, characterized in that the DC socket cap (inlet cap) includes a cap body portion, and an inlet abutment portion which is a projection locally provided at a position separating from the connection portion in a facing portion of the inlet body, wherein the inlet abutment portion comes into contact with the inlet body earlier than any other portion in the cap body portion when the cap body portion rotates to reach the occlusion state.
CHARGING INLET
2024-06-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English