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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2009
Masaya Mitake, Hiroshima, JP;
Katsuaki Morita, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroshi Ogawa, Mihara, JP;
Tetsuo Takata, Hiroshima, JP;
Masaya Mitake, Hiroshima, JP;
Katsuaki Morita, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroshi Ogawa, Mihara, JP;
Tetsuo Takata, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging method is used for a transportation vehicle without a contact wire. The transportation vehicle is configured so that when a vehicle () equipped with an energy storage device () stops at a station on a track (), the energy storage device () of the vehicle () is charged by a charging device () provided on a ground side. The charging method includes charging, by the charging device (), the energy storage device () with a voltage set value (VS) which is near a maximum allowable voltage value (VH) of the energy storage device ().