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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Shigekiyo Nosaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Shigekiyo Nosaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a charging apparatus whereby charging can be suitably performed even in the cases where a plurality of electric vehicles are connected to a charging station. The charging apparatus has: a charging cable (), which is configured of a power supply line () that charges an electric vehicle () and a pilot line () that detects connection of the electric vehicle (); a power supply unit (), which supplies power to the charging cable (); a voltage detecting unit (), which detects, via a pilot line (), a voltage pattern that corresponds to identifying information of the electric vehicle (); and a power line communication unit (), which performs, with the electric vehicle (), data communication in the state wherein the identifying information of the electric vehicle () is added, said identifying information having been acquired by means of the voltage detecting unit ().