Hitachi, Ltd.

Shoji Kawai

Toshiyuki Utsuki

Koichi Umezawa

Masaru Oda

Masakatsu Horii

Yoshitomo Sakayori

Kei Yonezawa

Masami Takahashi

Takafumi Ebara

Kazumi Rissen

Yoshihito Nasu

Tomoyuki Marui

Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.

Method of receiving charge, method of controlling charge, charge control unit and charging equipment

An object of the present invention is to provide a quick charger for an electric vehicle in which a quick charging cable can be compactly stored, which is excellent in safety, and in which the burden on a user in operations is lightened. Provided is a quick charger for an electric vehicle including: an operation panel provided on the front face of a body housing; an outlet for a charging cable provided on one side face of the body housing; a charging connector housing unit that is provided on the other side face of the body housing to hold a charging connector in the body housing; and a charging cable receiver that is provided at a lower part of the body housing, wherein the charging cable receiver has a function of holding an intermediate part of the charging cable.

Quick charger and quick charging system for electric vehicle

Electric vehicle charging station

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Inchinomiya, Japan

Shoji Kawai