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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2017
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiko Hatsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Tano, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charge control apparatus for an electric vehicle that includes: a traction motor; a traction battery to which charging current is supplied from an external power source and that supplies current to the traction motor; and an electric device actuated by part of the charging current during charging of the traction battery is provided. The charge control apparatus includes: an instruction unit to instruct decrease of load of the electric device in case that the electric device is actuated during charging of the traction battery; a restriction unit to restrict the charging current after instruction of the decrease of load; and a load decreasing unit for decreasing load of the electric device after restricting the charging current.