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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A charging station charges an electric energy storage device, and includes: a battery authenticator that performs mutual authentication with the electric energy storage device connected for charging; a communicator that obtains, from the electric energy storage device whose validity is confirmed in the mutual authentication, a degree of deterioration related to deterioration of the electric energy storage device; a recorder that stores the degree of deterioration obtained by the communicator and that is tamper-resistant; and a controller that does not charge the electric energy storage device when the degree of deterioration of the electric energy storage device indicates that the deterioration is advanced beyond a predetermined threshold value.