VEHICLE CHARGING CABLE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To establish circuit connection with a simple configuration and to eliminate the contortion of a charging cable regarding to an external charging cable.SOLUTION: A charging cable 25 contains therein, a plurality of first conductive wires 1 connected to an external power supply side and a plurality of second conductive wires 2 connected to a vehicle side at the time of external charging for charging a vehicle from an external power supply. One group of conductive wires among the first conductive wires 1 and the second conductive wires 2 is connected with a stationary part 4, and the other group of conductive wires is connected with a rotation part 5. The stationary part 4 and the rotation part 5 form a rotary contact 3. The rotary contact 3 rotatably connects a first conductive wire 1 and a second conductive wire 2. In addition, a rotational position sensor 8 detects the rotational position of the rotation part 5 to the stationary part 4 at the rotary contact 3. Furthermore, a switch circuit 13 is placed on each of one group of conductive wires, any conductive wire from the one group of conductive wires is selected on the basis of the rotational position detected by the rotational position sensor 8 and an electric conduction state is switched. 【課題】外部充電用ケーブルに関し、簡素な構成で回路接続を成立させつつ充電ケーブルのねじれを解消する。【解決手段】外部電源により車両の充電を行う外部充電の際に外部電源側に接続される複数の第一導線１と車両側に接続される複数の第二導線２とを内蔵した充電ケーブル２５において、第一導線１及び第二導線２のうち一方の導線を固定部４に接続し、他方の導線を回転部５に接続する。これらの固定部４及び回転部５は回転接点３を構成する。回転接点３は、第一導線１と第二導線２とを回転自在に接続する。また、回転接点３での固定部４に対する回転部５の回転位置を回転位置センサ８で検知する。さらに、一方の導線上にそれぞれスイッチ回路１３を介装し、回転位置センサ８で検知された回転位置に基づき、一方の導線のうちいずれかの導線を選択して通電状態を切り替える。【選択図】図２