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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9168822 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

May. 28, 2009

Charging system

Applicants:

Shinji Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;

Kenji Itagaki, Toyota, JP;

Masaru Sasaki, Toyota, JP;

Wanleng Ang, Okazaki, JP;

Kenji Murasato, Toyota, JP;

Atsushi Mizutani, Toyota, JP;

Yukihiro Yamamoto, Okazaki, JP;

Taira Kikuchi, Toyota, JP;

Yoshikazu Kataoka, Seto, JP;

Shingo Ieda, Toyota, JP;

Hiroki Sawada, Toyota, JP;

Yoshinori Fujitake, Miyoshi, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;

Kenji Itagaki, Toyota, JP;

Masaru Sasaki, Toyota, JP;

Wanleng Ang, Okazaki, JP;

Kenji Murasato, Toyota, JP;

Atsushi Mizutani, Toyota, JP;

Yukihiro Yamamoto, Okazaki, JP;

Taira Kikuchi, Toyota, JP;

Yoshikazu Kataoka, Seto, JP;

Shingo Ieda, Toyota, JP;

Hiroki Sawada, Toyota, JP;

Yoshinori Fujitake, Miyoshi, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Edward Tso

Assistant Examiner:

Alexis A Boateng

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/16 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/1812 (2013.01); B60L 11/1814 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1825 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/027 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 2220/14 (2013.01); B60L 2220/54 (2013.01); B60L 2230/12 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6269 (2013.01); Y02T 10/641 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/127 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A charging system includes a locking device locking a connector provided at the end of a cable in the state where the connector is connected to an inlet provided in a vehicle; a release button for releasing locking by the locking device; a switch generating a signal indicating that the connector and the inlet are connected; a horn; and an ECU. In response to the operation of the release button, the switch stops generation of the signal. The ECU controls charging of a power storage device and detects whether the signal is issued or not. In the case where the ECU detects that generation of the signal is stopped during charging of the power storage device, the ECU causes the horn to issue an alarm.

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