Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle and method of charging vehicle
-
Application No.: US16375347Application Date: 2019-04-04
-
Publication No.: US11260768B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- 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: JPJP2018-073640 20180406
- Main IPC: B60L53/302
- IPC: B60L53/302 ; B60L53/30 ; B60L53/36 ; B60L53/16 ; B60L53/65 ; B60K1/04 ; B60L53/62 ; B60L53/66

Abstract:
A vehicle is configured to perform plug-in charging for charging a battery mounted in the vehicle with electric power supplied through a charging cable from a charging stand. The vehicle includes: an inlet to which a connector of the charging cable is connectable; and an ECU configured to control a supply current from the charging stand such that the supply current does not exceed a maximum allowable current. The ECU is configured to obtain specific information as to whether or not the charging stand is provided with a cooling mechanism for cooling the connector and the inlet. The ECU is configured to set the maximum allowable current to be higher when the charging stand is provided with the cooling mechanism than when the charging stand is not provided with the cooling mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190308519A1 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CHARGING VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2019-10-10
Information query
IPC分类: