Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charger and charging system
- Patent Title (中): 充电器和充电系统
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Application No.: US12973920Application Date: 2010-12-21
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Publication No.: US08760116B2Publication Date: 2014-06-24
- Inventor: Ryo Fujii
- Applicant: Ryo Fujii
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-028928 20100212
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract:
A charger includes a charging cable and a charging connector. A heater is configured to heat the charging connector using electric power supplied through the charging cable. A state determining device is configured to detect a charge state of a vehicle-mounted battery and to determine whether a heating condition to heat the charging connector is met. A heating controller is configured to control heating performed by the heater based on a determination made by the state determining device. The heater is able to be switched into a post-charge heating state in which the heater heats the charging connector after completion of charging of the vehicle-mounted battery. The heating controller switches the heater into the post-charge heating state and controls heating performed by the heater when the state determining device detects that charging of the vehicle-mounted battery is completed and determines that a heating condition is met.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110199047A1 CHARGER AND CHARGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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