Charging system for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToru Ando, Hisanori Ito
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Abstract
In a vehicle capable of external charging, when the connection of an inlet of the vehicle with a charging cable is detected, an ECU transmits a locking command to a locking device. When it is determined that the locking device is in a locked state, the ECU permits external charging, and when it is determined that the locking device is not in the locked state, the ECU does not permit external charging. When the ECU does not permit external charging, the ECU displays information about manual locking by manual operation. When it is determined that the locking device is in the locked state after the ECU does not permit external charging, the ECU permits external charging.
Claims3
A charging system for a vehicle having a power storage device that can be charged using electric power supplied through a charging cable from outside the vehicle, the charging system comprising:
- an inlet connectable to a charging connector provided at a front end of the charging cable;
- a locking device configured to switch between a locked state in which the charging connector cannot be removed from the inlet and an unlocked state in which the charging connector can be removed from the inlet;
- a detection device configured to detect the locked state;
- a controller configured to control charging of the power storage device;
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- a notification device configured to provide a notification of information,
- the locking device being configured to switch from the unlocked state to the locked state by receiving a locking command from the controller, or by a user's manual operation,
- the controller being configured to, after transmitting the locking command to the locking device, permit charging of the power storage device when the locked state is detected, and not permit charging of the power storage device when the locked state is not detected,
- wherein when the controller does not permit charging of the power storage device after transmitting the locking command, the controller is configured to cause the notification device to provide the notification of information that switching to the locked state by the user's manual operation of a manual operation component is possible, the notification of information including at least one of an indication of an installation location of a manual operation component and an indication of how to operate the manual operation component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.