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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/19 (2019.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 58/21 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 58/19 (2019.02); B60L 58/21 (2019.02); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging apparatus includes a plurality of batteries, a changeover relay that can be changed over between a first state where the plurality of the batteries are connected in series to one another and a second state where the plurality of the batteries are connected in parallel to one another, an electric storage device, a main relay that is provided between the electric storage device and an electric load of a vehicle, and a control device that controls the opening/closing of the changeover relay. The control device renders the changeover relay in the first state when the main relay is in an open state.