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Patent No.:

US 9889758 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2014

Charging system, vehicle, and charging facility

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Daisuke Ueo, Miyoshi, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Binh Tat

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1838 (2013.01); B60L 7/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 11/1824 (2013.01); B60L 11/1842 (2013.01); B60L 11/1846 (2013.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); H02J 7/0036 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2220/14 (2013.01); B60L 2230/16 (2013.01); B60L 2230/22 (2013.01); B60L 2250/10 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2270/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/721 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7216 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/127 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y02T 90/169 (2013.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A charging system includes a vehicle, a charging/discharging connector, a detector, and an informing portion. The vehicle is equipped with an electric power storage device, and also includes an inlet for charging the electric power storage device. The charging/discharging connector is a connector that is attached to and detached from the inlet and that is connected to the inlet in a fully fitted state, in which charging can be performed, and a half-fitted state, in which charging is not allowed. The detector includes an electronic control unit for detecting whether a connecting state of the charging/discharging connector is the fully fitted state or the half-fitted state. The informing portion includes an indicator for informing a user of abnormal connection of the charging/discharging connector on the basis of a detection result of the electronic control unit when connection of the charging/discharging connector is the half-fitted state.

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