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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Toru Ando, Obu, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); E05B 77/00 (2014.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); E05B 77/00 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ECU of a vehicle has a first mode and a second mode as an operation mode of a locking device. The first mode is a mode of bringing the locking device into a locked state when a charging connector is connected to an inlet. The second mode is a mode of maintaining the locking device in an unlocked state when the charging connector is connected to the inlet. The ECU of the vehicle determines whether or not the charging connector is connected to the inlet. The ECU does not permit a setting change of the operation mode of the locking device when the charging connector is connected to the inlet.