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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2012
Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Kaneyasu, Hitachi, JP;
Takafumi Kai, Isehara, JP;
Hiroyuki Yanagisawa, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroyuki Ito, Kasama, JP;
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle battery charger for charging a vehicle that is operable to detect a disengagement of a connecter or a preparing operation of the disengagement of the connector by a change in an electric current value of an electric current output from a terminal of the connecter and to stop charging a storage battery of the vehicle upon the detection includes a charging device configured to charge the vehicle, and a simulation operation device configured to change the electric current value by switching a pathway of the electric current output from the terminal of the connecter in a state that the connecter is in engagement and the preparing operation of the disengagement of the connecter is not carried out so as to cause the vehicle to stop charging the storage battery.