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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shota Tsukamoto, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A charge controller, which controls a charging process for charging a battery mounted on a vehicle by connecting a charging connector of a charger that is installed outside the vehicle to a charging inlet of the vehicle, includes: a controller discriminating whether a cooling mechanism of the charging connector is provided on a charger side before starting the charging process, operating the cooling mechanism of the charging connector if the cooling mechanism of the charging connector is provided, and operating a cooling mechanism of the charging inlet that is provided on a vehicle side if the cooling mechanism of the charging connector is not provided.