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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Noritake Mitsutani, Toyota, JP;
Yoshinori Fujitake, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Noritake Mitsutani, Toyota, JP;
Yoshinori Fujitake, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ECU executes a program including a step of determining that a pilot wire for transferring a pilot signal CPLT, which is output when a charging cable is connected to a plug-in hybrid vehicle and an external power source, to the ECU is broken, when output of the pilot signal CPLT is currently stopped and a voltage VAC of the external power source (absolute value of voltage VAC) detected by a voltmeter provided within the plug-in hybrid vehicle is greater than zero.