Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle charging equipment
- Patent Title (中): 车辆充电设备
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Application No.: US14151685Application Date: 2014-01-09
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Publication No.: US09248749B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Masayoshi Kaneyasu , Takafumi Kai , Hiroyuki Yanagisawa , Hiroyuki Ito , Takahiro Futatsumori
- Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-003660 20130111
- Main IPC: B60L11/18
- IPC: B60L11/18 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L3/04

Abstract:
A vehicle charging equipment includes a charging equipment main body, a charging cable, a charge connector to be fitted to a vehicle-side connector and having a release button, a release button circuit to which voltage is applied from the vehicle to detect depression of the release button, a winding-up device to wind up the charging cable, a fit determination means for determining the fitting of the charge connector to the vehicle-side connector, and an automatic winding-up controller. The fit determination means includes a voltage detection unit and a fit determination portion, the voltage detection unit detecting voltage applied to the release button circuit to detect depression of the release button, and the fit determination portion determining the fitting of the vehicle-side connector based on the voltage detected. The automatic winding-up controller determines removal of the charge connector from the vehicle-side connector based on the determination by the fit determination means.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140197791A1 VEHICLE CHARGING EQUIPMENT Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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