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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuya Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Kuniaki Kaihara, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakai, Kariya, JP;
Atsushi Kodama, Okazaki, JP;
Takayuki Kono, Okazaki, JP;
Kohsuke Okada, Chiryu, JP;
Shohei Kawano, Okazaki, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A circuit includes a vehicle-side circuit, a charger-side circuit and a connecting part. The vehicle-side circuit includes a power source, a first resistor provided between the power source and the connecting part, a second resistor which is connected to the first resistor in series, a switch which turns on or off current supply from the power source, a voltage detector which detects a voltage at a connection point of the first resistor and the second resistor, a determining part which determines a state of connection between a vehicle-side connector and a charger-side connector and occurrenceof a failure in the vehicle-side circuit based at least in part on the voltage detected by the voltage detector and an on/off state of the switch.