APPARATUS FOR HOUSING CHARGING CABLE

Provided is a charging-cable storage device configured to store a charging cable for use in an electrically-driven vehicle having an electric motor for traveling. The charging-cable storage device includes a holder-side socket provided with fixed contacts to be connected to a side of a charging power supply, a holder provided with the holder-side socket, a reel that is attachably and detachably attached to the holder and that includes a rotating drum to wind up the charging cable, and a reel-side socket that is provided to the reel and is provided with movable contacts to be displaced in a slidably contacting manner with respect to the fixed contacts in conjunction with a rotation of the rotating drum in a contact state with the fixed contacts.