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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yamamura, Wako, JP;
Toshiaki Kawakami, Wako, JP;
Jin Nishimura, Wako, JP;
Yuki Matsui, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a charging station for charging a battery installed on an autonomously navigating utility vehicle equipped with a prime mover powered by the battery to travel about a working area delineated by a boundary wire, there are provided with a pair of charging terminals installed on the station to be capable of connecting with a pair of charging terminals installed on the vehicle, a first wire installed on the station at a location inside of the working area and being formed as a circular shape having a center, and a second wire installed on the station to be formed as a shape that is symmetrical with respect to a center line obtained by connecting a midpoint of the terminals and the center of the first wire.