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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Takehito Iwanaga, Kobe, JP;
Takehiro Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Takehito Iwanaga, Kobe, JP;
Takehiro Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-side connector included at one end of a cable through which a power source outside a vehicle feeds a power storage device, includes a signal pin, a resistive element Rconnected to the signal pin at one end, a switch connected in series to the resistive element Rat one end and grounded at the other end, and a resistive element Rconnected in parallel to the switch. The switch changes from an ON state to an OFF state upon depression of a depression portion located on the vehicle-side connector. The vehicle includes a resistive element Rwhose one end is connectable to the signal pin and other end is grounded and a control device which determines a state of connection of the cable on the basis of a signal voltage value input from a signal line electrically connected to the signal pin.