# US 10,479,221 B2 · Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,221 B2 - Document ID: US10479221B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/717,464 - Filed: 2017-09-27 - Published: 2018-04-05 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-10-03 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Daisuke Kamikihara; Chiemi Tsunekawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479221B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer - B60K 6/40: characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - B60L 53/18: Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - H02J 1/10: Parallel operation of DC sources - H02J 7/751: {concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries} - B60Y 2200/92: Hybrid vehicles - B60Y 2300/91: Battery charging - B60Y 2304/07: Facilitating assembling or mounting - B60Y 2400/112: Batteries - H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling - H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - Y10S 903/951: Assembly or relative location of components - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A vehicle includes: a battery; an inlet to which a charging connector provided external to the vehicle is connectable; a power receiving device configured to contactlessly receive power from a power transmitting device provided external to the vehicle; a connector electrically connected to the inlet and the power receiving device; and a connector electrically connected to the power receiving device and the battery. Power supplied to the inlet is supplied to the battery via the connector, the power receiving device, and the connector. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle comprising: a battery; an inlet to which a charging connector provided external to the vehicle is connectable; a power receiving device configured to contactlessly receive power from a power transmitting device provided external to the vehicle; a first connector electrically connected to the inlet and the power receiving device; and a second connector electrically connected to the power receiving device and the battery, wherein the inlet is directly coupled to an input of a rectifier, an output of the rectifier is directly coupled to the first connector, the first connector is directly coupled to an input terminal of the power receiving device, and an output terminal of the power receiving device is directly coupled to the second connector. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: a first side surface and a second side surface; a bottom surface; and a charging cable configured to electrically connect the second connector and the power receiving device, wherein the battery is provided on the bottom surface, the inlet is provided in the first side surface, and the charging cable is disposed to extend at the second side surface side relative to the battery. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: a first side surface and a second side surface; a bottom surface; an engine; and an exhaust pipe connected to the engine, wherein the battery is provided on the bottom surface and the power receiving device is provided on a lower surface of the battery, the input terminal and the output terminal are provided on a circumferential surface of the power receiving device at a portion located at the first side surface side, and the exhaust pipe is disposed at the second side surface side relative to the battery. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a bottom surface, a first buffer member, and a second buffer member, wherein the battery is provided on the bottom surface, the power receiving device is provided on a lower surface of the battery, the first buffer member and the second buffer member are disposed on the lower surface of the battery, and the first buffer member is disposed at a front side relative to the power receiving device and the second buffer member is disposed at a back side relative to the power receiving device.