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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Tomokazu Masuda, Kasugai, JP;
Yusuke Tsutsui, Anpachi-gun, JP;
Shogo Hirata, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/06 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60Q 3/06 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/92 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle including a battery, a plug receiving portion for receiving a plug for supply an electric power to be charged in the battery or a plug for receiving an electric power discharged from the battery, a lid for closing the plug receiving portion and a light for illuminating the plug receiving portion. In the vehicle, when the state of the vehicle becomes a running mode indicating a state that the running of the vehicle is permitted, the light is turned off.