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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Misayo Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Misayo Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0036 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H02J 7/0008 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a charging control device, a determining unit individually determines whether a charging path and a vehicle are in a connected state or non-connected state based on a current value detected by a current detecting means. The state of connection with the vehicle is detected not by an exclusive sensor as it is done in the prior art but by using a current detection result by the current detecting means. Hence the cost for detecting the state of connection with the vehicle can be reduced.