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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Torsten Stichowski, Magdeburg, DE;
Benny Bruhnke, Lehre, DE;
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/006 (2013.01); B60L 3/0069 (2013.01); B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 11/1846 (2013.01); G01R 31/026 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2250/22 (2013.01); B60L 2270/32 (2013.01); B60L 2270/34 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y02T 90/169 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for checking a control pilot, referred to below as CP, line of a charging socket of an electrically drivable transportation means. The method includes closing the charging socket, as a result of which an electrical, in particular galvanic, connection is closed between the CP line and a line of the charging socket providing electrical energy, and checking a signal received via the CP line in response to the closing. Also disclosed is a corresponding apparatus.