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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Takichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A charging apparatus includes: a receptacle including terminals; a power supply configured to supply a voltage or a current to a first terminal; a first voltage detector configured to detect a voltage of the first terminal; a second voltage detector configured to detect a voltage of a second terminal at one place, two places or three places away from the first terminal; and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether the voltage of the second terminal is equal to or higher than a second threshold value during a period in which the voltage of the first terminal is equal to or higher than a first threshold value, and stop supply of the voltage or the current from the power supply to the first terminal in a case in which the voltage of the second terminal is equal to or higher than the second threshold value.