Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge controller
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Application No.: US16534553Application Date: 2019-08-07
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Publication No.: US11196280B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Shota Tsukamoto
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-160703 20180829
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H01M10/625 ; H01M10/613

Abstract:
A charge controller, which controls a charging process for charging a battery mounted on a vehicle by connecting a charging connector of a charger that is installed outside the vehicle to a charging inlet of the vehicle, includes: a controller discriminating whether a cooling mechanism of the charging connector is provided on a charger side before starting the charging process, operating the cooling mechanism of the charging connector if the cooling mechanism of the charging connector is provided, and operating a cooling mechanism of the charging inlet that is provided on a vehicle side if the cooling mechanism of the charging connector is not provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200076224A1 CHARGE CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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