Structure

Abstract

To provide an easy-to-use structure.SOLUTION: The structure has a wall 1. The wall 1 has an interior material 2 and an exterior material 3. An opening 4 is formed in the interior material 2 to form a recess 5, and a pocket 6 is formed between the interior and exterior materials 2 and 3, continuing from the recess 5. An outlet 7 is provided within the recess 5, and a charging cable 8 connected to the outlet 7 is stored in the pocket 6.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to structures such as carports. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Carports and other structures that are installed on residential land are known. There is a demand for such structures to be easy to use. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a structure that is easy to use. [Means for solving the problem]

[0004] In order to achieve the above object, the structure of the invention described in claim 1 comprises a wall, the wall having an interior material and an exterior material, an opening is formed in the interior material to form a recess, and a pocket is formed between the interior and exterior materials in continuity with the recess, an outlet is provided in the recess, and a charging cable connected to the outlet is stored in the pocket.

[0005] The structure according to the invention described in claim 2 comprises a wall, the wall having an interior material and an exterior material, an opening formed in the interior material to form a recess, an outlet provided in the recess, and a charging cable connected to the outlet stored in the recess. Effect of the Invention

[0006] The structure according to the invention described in claim 1 comprises a wall, the wall having an interior material and an exterior material, an opening is formed in the interior material to form a recess, and a pocket is formed between the interior and exterior materials continuous with the recess, an outlet is provided in the recess, and a charging cable connected to the outlet is stored in the pocket, so that charging can be easily performed by connecting the charging cable to the charging port of an electric vehicle, making it easy to use. Also, because the outlet is provided in the recess of the wall and the charging cable is stored in the pocket of the wall, the outlet and charging cable do not protrude to the outside, and charging equipment can be installed neatly.

[0007] The structure according to the invention described in claim 2 comprises a wall, the wall has an interior material and an exterior material, an opening is formed in the interior material to form a recess, an outlet is provided in the recess, and a charging cable connected to the outlet is stored in the recess, so that charging can be easily performed by connecting the charging cable to the charging port of an electric vehicle, making it easy to use. Also, because the outlet is provided in the recess in the wall and the charging cable is stored in the recess, the outlet and charging cable do not protrude to the outside, and the charging equipment can be installed neatly. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a side view of the structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the inside. [Diagram 2] FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. [Figure 4] 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. [Figure 6] 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a charging cable connected to an outlet is stored in a pocket. [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the charging cable is connected to an electric vehicle for charging. [Figure 8] FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a wall portion showing a second embodiment of a structural body of the present invention. [Figure 9]FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state in which a charging cable connected to an outlet is stored in a recess in a wall in a second embodiment. [Figure 10] FIG. 11 is a side view of a structure according to a third embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the inside. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figures 1 to 7 show a first embodiment of a structural body of the present invention, which is applied to a carport for one passenger car installed on the grounds of a house. As shown in Figures 1 to 3, this carport has two pillars 9, 9 standing upright from the ground on the left side when viewed from the front, with beams 10, 10 supported on the upper ends of each of the pillars 9, 9, and multiple roofing materials 11, 11, ... arranged in parallel with the beams 10, 10 in the front-to-back direction to form a roof 12. As shown in Figure 2, the roof 12 is inclined so that the left side where the pillars 9, 9 are located is lower when viewed from the front.

[0010] As shown in Figures 1 and 5, this carport has an auxiliary pillar 13 erected at a position toward the front between the front and rear pillars 9, 9, and a wall 1 is provided surrounding the front pillar 9 and the auxiliary pillar 13. As shown in Figures 6 and 7, this carport has a charging facility 14 for charging electric vehicles provided on the wall 1.

[0011] 1, 4, and 5, the wall 1 is constructed by attaching multiple furring strips 15 at intervals between the front column 9 and the auxiliary column 13, erecting cross members 16 on the upper and lower parts of the outer and inner faces of the front column 9 and the auxiliary column 13, attaching multiple exterior materials 3, 3, ... in a line in the front-to-back direction to the outside between the front column 9 and the auxiliary member 13, and attaching interior materials 2, 2, ... in a line in the front-to-back direction to the inside between the front column 9 and the auxiliary column 13. The exterior materials 3 and the interior materials 2 are made of extruded aluminum alloy, with their upper and lower ends respectively inserted into the upper and lower cross members 16 and fixed to the furring strips 15 with screws 17. As shown in FIG. 1, the exterior material 3 and the interior material 2 have the same width as the roof material 11, and the positions of the joints between the exterior material 3 and the interior material 2 coincide with the positions of the joints between the roof materials 11, so that the exterior material 3 and the interior material 2 are continuous with the roof material 11.

[0012] Furthermore, as shown in Figures 1 and 5, the wall 1 has a column covering material 18a that covers the inside of the front column 9 and auxiliary column 13, a column covering material 18b that covers the outside of the front column 9 and auxiliary column 13, and a column covering material 18c that covers the front side of the front column 9 and the rear side of the auxiliary column 13, and these column covering materials 18a, 18b, and 18c hide the front column 9 and auxiliary column 13. The inner pillar covering material 18a is flush with the interior material 2 and has the same width as the interior material 2. The outer pillar covering material 18b is flush with the exterior material 3 and has the same width as the exterior material 3.

[0013] As shown in Figures 1 and 4, the wall 1 has an opening 4 formed by cutting out the vertical middle part of the interior material 2, and a recess 5 recessed outward on the inside surface of the wall 1. The cut edge of the interior material 2 is covered by attaching an edge material 19. In addition, the wall 1 has a pocket 6 formed between the interior and exterior materials 2 and 3, continuing below the recess 5. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, an intermediate panel 20 is disposed on the rear (outside) side of the recess 5 and the pocket 6. The intermediate panels 20 are formed from the same aluminum alloy extrusion material as the interior material 2, and four of them are arranged side by side in the left-right direction facing the wall 1, as shown in Figure 1. The intermediate panels 20 are attached by screwing to a narrow furring strip 21 installed between the front pillar 9 and the auxiliary pillar 13, as shown in Figures 4 and 5. As shown in Fig. 4, a blocking material 22a is attached above the recessed portion 5, and the blocking material 22a blocks the gap between the interior material 2 and the intermediate panel 20. In addition, as shown in Fig. 5, blocking materials 22b are attached to both the left and right sides of the recessed portion 5 and the pocket 6, and the blocking material 22b blocks the gap between the interior material 2 and the intermediate panel 20.

[0014] 1 and 4, a 200-volt outlet 7 is installed on the top of the third intermediate panel 20 from the left as you face the wall 1. In addition, two hooks 23, 23 are attached to the sides of the outlet 7, spaced apart in the vertical direction, on the second intermediate panel 20 from the left. 1 and 4, a hook 24 is attached to each of the four intermediate panels 20, 20, . . . at a height position corresponding to the upper portion of the pocket 6. As shown in FIG. A light (not shown) is provided at the top of the recess 5 so that the inside of the recess 5 is illuminated at night.

[0015] 6, in this carport, charging cable 8 is connected to outlet 7, hooked onto four lower hooks 24, 24, ... and stored in pocket 6, and the tip of charging cable 8 with connector 25 attached is hooked onto upper hook 23 to form charging equipment 14. Charging cable 8 is stored in pocket 6 in an unbundled state by being wound in a single loop and successively hooked onto the four lower hooks 24, 24, ... spaced apart in the left-right direction.

[0016] 7, when charging an electric vehicle, the charging cable 8 is removed from the upper hook 23 by holding the connector 25, and then removed from the lower hook 24 starting from the left one, pulling out the required length of the charging cable 8 from the pocket 6, and charging is performed by connecting the connector 25 to the charging port 26 of the electric vehicle. After charging is completed, the charging cable 8 is hung on the hooks 23, 24 as before and stored in the pocket 6.

[0017] Conventional home charging equipment simply consisted of a 200-volt outlet attached to a pole erected into the ground. To charge the battery, the user had to remove the charging cable from the trunk of the car and then connect the charging cable to the outlet and the car's charging port. Once charging was finished, the charging cable had to be unplugged, bundled up, and put back in the trunk, making the charging process cumbersome. This carport is extremely convenient because the charging equipment 14 is built into the wall 1, and as soon as you get out of your car, you can pull out the charging cable 8 from the pocket 6 in the wall 1 and connect it to the charging port 26 of the car to charge. In addition, the roof 12 means that you can do this without getting wet in the rain. Furthermore, by hanging the charging cable 8 on hooks 24, 24, ... spaced apart in the left-right direction toward the wall 1, the charging cable 8 is stored in the pocket 6 without being bundled, which makes it easy to pull out the charging cable 8 to the required length and to put away the charging cable 8 after charging, thereby further improving the ease of charging. Since the charging cable 8 is stored in the pocket 6, the aesthetic appearance is not marred, and since the opening 4 is formed above the pocket 6, the charging cable 8 can be easily pulled out.

[0018] 8 and 9 show a second embodiment of the structure of the present invention. This embodiment is the same as the first embodiment in that an opening 4 is formed in the interior material 2 to form a recess 5, but differs from the first embodiment in that no pocket 6 is formed below the recess 5. As shown in FIG. 9, the charging cable 8 is hooked on hooks 23 and 24 and stored in the recess 5.

[0019] As in the first embodiment, the structure of the second embodiment allows charging to be easily performed by pulling out the charging cable 8 from the recess 5 and connecting it to the charging port 26 of the electric vehicle. Since there is no wall (interior material 2) in front of the recess 5, it is easier to pull out and store the charging cable 8.

[0020] 10 shows a third embodiment of the structure of the present invention. As with the first embodiment, this embodiment is applied to a carport for one passenger car, and a long wall 1 is formed to surround front and rear pillars 9, 9. An auxiliary pillar 13 is provided exactly in the middle of the wall 1, and a recess 5 and a pocket 6 constituting a charging facility 14 are provided between the front pillar 9 and the auxiliary pillar 13.

[0021] In the first to third embodiments, the positions of the wall 1, recess 5, and pocket 6 can be changed as appropriate depending on the position of charging port 26 of the automobile parked in the carport. For example, if an automobile is parked backwards in the carport and charging port 26 is on the left rear side of the automobile as viewed from the driver's seat, wall 1 is provided on the right side as viewed from the front of the carport, and recess 5 and pocket 6 are provided near the rear of the automobile.

[0022] As described above, this structure (first and third embodiments) comprises a wall 1, which has an interior material 2 and an exterior material 3, an opening 4 formed in the interior material 2 to form a recess 5, a pocket 6 formed between the interior and exterior materials 2 and 3 continuous with the recess 5, an outlet 7 provided in the recess 5, and a charging cable 8 connected to the outlet 7 stored in the pocket 6 (see Figs. 4 and 6), which allows charging to be easily performed by connecting the charging cable 8 to the charging port 26 of the electric vehicle, making it easy to use. In addition, because the outlet 7 is provided in the recess 5 of the wall 1 and the charging cable 8 is stored in the pocket 6 of the wall 1, the outlet 7 and the charging cable 8 do not protrude to the outside, and the charging equipment 14 can be neatly installed.

[0023] This structure (second embodiment) comprises a wall 1, which has an interior material 2 and an exterior material 3, an opening 4 formed in the interior material 2 to form a recess 5, an outlet 7 provided within the recess 5, and a charging cable 8 connected to the outlet 7 stored in the recess 5 (see Figs. 8 and 9), allowing charging to be easily performed by connecting the charging cable 8 to a charging port 26 of an electric vehicle, making it easy to use. In addition, because the outlet 7 is provided within the recess 5 of the wall 1 and the charging cable 8 is stored in the recess 5, the outlet 7 and the charging cable 8 do not protrude to the outside, and charging equipment 14 can be neatly installed.

[0024] In this structure (first, second and third embodiments), the charging cable 8 is stored in the pocket 6 or recess 5 in an unbundled state (see Figures 6 and 9), making it easy to pull out the charging cable 8 to the required length and connect it to the charging port 26 of the automobile. This structure (first, second and third embodiments) has multiple hooks 24, 24, ... for hanging the charging cable 8, spaced apart in the left-right direction within the pocket 6 or recess 5 (see Figures 1, 6 and 9), making it easy to pull out and store the charging cable 8.

[0025] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The shape and material of the interior and exterior materials can be changed as appropriate. The shape and size of the recesses and pockets, and the arrangement of the outlets and hooks can be changed as appropriate. The present invention is not limited to carports, but can be applied to any structure having walls, such as terraces, fences, and gateposts. [Explanation of symbols]

[0026] 1. Wall 2 Interior materials 3 Exterior materials 4 Openings 5. Recess 6 Pockets 7. Outlets 8 Charging cable

Claims

1. A structure comprising a wall, the wall having an interior material and an exterior material, an opening formed in the interior material to form a recess, a pocket formed between the interior and exterior materials and continuous with the recess, an outlet formed in the recess, and a charging cable connected to the outlet stored in the pocket.

2. A structure comprising a wall, the wall having an interior material and an exterior material, an opening formed in the interior material to form a recess, an outlet provided in the recess, and a charging cable connected to the outlet stored in the recess.

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