Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
  • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
  • H01R13/6397—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap with means for preventing unauthorised use
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
  • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
  • H01R2201/26—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for vehicles
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
  • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
  • Y02T10/7072—Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
  • Y02T90/10—Technologies relating to charging of electric vehicles
  • Y02T90/14—Plug-in electric vehicles

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device connector for electrically connecting an electric vehicle to a charging device, with a plug face having a plug or a socket and an electromechanically driven
• Cable plug is configured, and wherein the
• Locking device axially or radially to
• Plug-in direction of the plug or the socket for mechanically locking and unlocking a male-female pair between a locking position and a
• Unlocking position is movable.
• a device connector are often provided on the charging device and the electric vehicle, so that by means of a
• the device connector and the cable connector can be configured as a plug or a socket.
• Locking often involves a mechanical retraction of a cylindrical pin perpendicular to the direction of insertion of completely plugged on plug-socket pair, wherein through the cylinder pin, the plug and the socket are penetrated in the radial direction via corresponding holes, so that when locking a positive connection in the axial direction is generated. Thereby, a manual release of the connected connector is prevented, so that due to safety issues, the male-female connector pair of sockets can not be separated from each other or a not fully performed charging of the vehicle battery is not interrupted. Because premature separation can cause the
• the drive of the cylinder pin is done for example via solenoids or actuators with upstream mechanics. Further developments can be found in the standard IEC62169-2.
• the device plug in the idle state that is, if no cable connector is connected to the device plug or a cable plug is not plugged into the device connector is against
• a lid in particular a pivotally arranged hinged lid, is often used.
• a device connector for electrically connecting a
• Electric vehicle to a charging device with a plug face having a plug or a socket and an electromechanically driven
• Locking device axially or radially to
• Plug-in direction of the plug or the socket for mechanically locking and unlocking a male-female pair between a locking position and a
• Unlocking position is movable, the device plug a movably arranged and thus configured lid for closing the mating face of the plug or the
• Socket has that in the closed state of the lid, the plug or the socket is not connectable to a second socket or a second plug, and with a mechanically cooperating with the locking device and the lid and configured
• the invention thus goes a completely new way, namely by not only the locking or unlocking of a male-female pair is accomplished by the locking device, but also by the locking device and the actuator is actuated, so that so by the
• Locking device by means of the actuator of the closed lid can be locked against opening. So that means that by means of a single
• Locking device actuated actuator is formed, both the locking of the cable connector with the device plug is accomplished, as well as the closed lid can be protected against opening.
• Actuator preferably designed such that no repercussions on the other
• Facility can be done, so for example a
• Locking device has.
• reaction is preferably understood that by the violent opening of a closed by the actuator
• the device plug and / or the cable plug can be used to make the electrical connection between the
• Charging device can be used.
• the locking device is preferably designed such that a positive and / or non-positive connection between a preferably stop
• the locking device may be configured, for example, as a bolt or cylinder pin, wherein preferably on the plug and / or the socket a contour, such a hole, for the positive reception of the bolt or
• Cylinder pin can be provided.
• the cover may in principle be used as any cover known from the prior art for covering the mating face of the cover
• the actuating device and / or the lid is designed such that a
• Actuator against opening locked lid causes no actuation of the actuator. According to this embodiment is thus provided in an advantageous manner that even a violent opening of the lid, so for example by unauthorized persons, has no effect on the locking device, so none
• Charging is rechargeable, without having to be afraid that by the locking device
• the invention provides that the locking device and the actuating device are designed such that a movement of the locking device radially to the plugging direction of the plug or the socket, a movement of the actuating device perpendicular to the plugging direction of the Plug or the socket causes.
• the locking device is movable perpendicular to the plugging direction of the plug or the socket for mechanically locking and unlocking the plug-socket pair between the locking position and the unlocking position. This means that by such a configuration, a radial movement of the locking device causes an axial actuation of the actuating device, thus thus the
• the actuating device and / or the lid are designed such that when the lid is open, an actuation of the actuating device due to an actuation of the locking device is without influence on the lid. So that means that in an interconnected male-female pair moving the lid.
• Locking device from the unlocked position to the locking position or vice versa has no influence on the lid, which is necessarily opened with interconnected male-female pair.
• the locking device can be configured arbitrarily, it being provided according to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention that the locking device comprises a guide slide with a link and with a locking bolt and a
• the actuator via a drive shaft so cooperates with the backdrop that a
• Locking bolt for locking or unlocking the male-female pair causes.
• the actuator is preferably as an electromechanically driven one
• Actuator running and can be powered, for example, via an accumulator with energy.
• Guide slide is preferably arranged in a guide of the device plug, so that the guide slide radially to the direction of insertion of the plug or the socket between the locking position and the
• Unlocking position is slidably disposed on the device connector.
• the locking bolt which may also be designed as a cylindrical pin, preferably slides to lock an interconnected male-female pair in a to the outer diameter of the
• Locking bolt corresponding contour, such as in an opening of the plug or the
• the scenery is preferred as a triangular
• Locking device is designed such that by the rotational movement of the drive shaft of the
• Plug or the socket for mechanically locking or unlocking an interconnected male-female pair between the locking position and the
• Unlocking position is movable.
• the actuator can also be arbitrary
• Actuating device is designed in two parts with a hinge as a locking latch, wherein a part of the Locking bar at one end via a hinge with the guide slide cooperates. Most preferably, the other, opposite end of the locking bar is designed to cooperate or lock the closed lid against opening.
• the lid preferably has a blocking contour, so that in the closed state of the lid and in the "locked" state of the
• Actuator locks the closed lid against opening, the other end of the locking bar between the locking contour and a support region of the device plug is arranged, so that arranged by the thus arranged
• Locking bar between the support region of the device plug on the one hand and the locking contour of the lid on the other hand a surface pressure is effected. Furthermore, it is preferred that the actuating device is guided on the appliance plug such that at least a part of the
• Actuating device is arranged displaceable on the device connector only in the axial direction of insertion of the plug or the socket.
• the part of the locking bolt on which the end cooperates with the locking device via the rotary joint is designed in the manner of a toggle, ie on the one hand on the second part of the locking bar
• Locking device rotatably arranged.
• a movement radially to the plug-in direction of the plug or the socket of the locking device can be transformed into an axial movement to the plug-in direction of the plug or the socket of the actuator.
• the lid can be configured as any known from the prior art lid, as a slidably disposed on the appliance connector lid
• the lid is designed as a spring-loaded hinged lid and the lid strives due to the spring force in its closed position. In the closed position, the lid is then locked by pressing the actuator against opening.
• the hinged lid by means of a bearing pin only accessible on one side of the device plug
• the lid has an operating element for manually opening the lid, wherein the
• Control element is geometrically designed so that when a manual intervention no very large forces can be transferred to the lid. By this measure, the device connector or the lid can continue
• the appliance plug has a mounting flange for attaching the appliance plug in a wall of the charging device or the electric vehicle, wherein preferably the
• Cover side of the device plug can be removed ago.
• the device plug a power source for providing electrical
• the energy source can be designed as an accumulator, for example, the
• Fig. 1 an interconnected connector
• Fig. 4 shows the appliance plug, wherein the
• Fig. 6 shows a detail of the device plug with the
• FIGS. 1 and 2 show an appliance plug 1 with a cable plug 2 in the connected state
• FIGS. 3 and 4 show the appliance plug 1 with the lid 3 closed
• FIGS. 5 and 6 show a detail of FIG
• the device connector 1 is used for electrically connecting an electric vehicle to a charging device and has a plug face 4 having a socket 5, which is connected to a plug, not shown, of the cable connector 2 for establishing an electrical connection between the device connector 1 and the cable connector 2 ,
• the mating face 4 a plurality of electrical plug contacts, which are configured according to the embodiment as a socket 5 or plug as a female or male contacts.
• the device plug 1 now has a locking device 6, which is shown in detail in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6.
• the locking device 6 is used for locking and
• Locking position shown in Fig. 2, 4 and 6, and an unlocking position, shown in Fig. 1, 3, 5, configured.
• Fig. 2, 4 and 6 Locking position, shown in Fig. 2, 4 and 6, and an unlocking position, shown in Fig. 1, 3, 5, configured.
• Locking device 6 configured with a guide slide 8, which has a locking pin 9.
• the plug or the socket 5 has a contour 10 corresponding in its diameter to the locking pin 9 in which the locking bolt 9 from the
• Drive shaft 12 is driven by an actuator 13, which in turn causes a rotational movement of the drive shaft 12 by an electrical pulse. This means that by the rotational movement of the actuator 13 of the
• Guide slide 8 performs a movement radially to the insertion direction 7 of the plug or the socket 5, so the
• Locking bolt 9 also moves radially to the insertion direction 7 of the plug or the socket 5.
• an actuating device 14 is now provided, which is designed such that in the locking position of the locking device 6, the actuator 14 locks the lid 3 against opening. This is the
• Actuator 14 in two parts with a hinge 15 designed as a locking bolt 16, wherein the locking bar 16 cooperates via a hinge 17 with the locking device 6 and the guide slide 8, a movement of the guide slide 8 on the actuator 14. Concretely, this means that a movement radially to the plug-in direction 7 of the plug or the socket 5 of the guide slide 8 in a movement axially to
• Plug-in direction 7 of the plug or the socket 5 of the Locking bar 16 is transmitted. So now if the
• Locking device 6 moves in the locked position, the guide slide 8 facing away from the end of the locking bar 16 is moved toward the plug of the cable connector 2.
• cover 3 or the locking contour 18 or the device connector 1 is configured such that in the closed state of the lid 3, an opening of the
• Cover 3 can be prevented by the locking bar 16 such that the locking bar 16 between the
• Locking bar 16 is disposed in each case between the locking contour 18 and the support 19, on the other hand, however, when the lid 3 is open, as shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 is a method of the locking bar 16 from the locking position to the unlocked position

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