Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinji Ichikawa
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Abstract
A vehicle externally chargeable includes a power storage device, an AC/DC converter, an inlet, a first power line, at least one connector inserted in the first power line, and a second power line. To the inlet, a charging cable can be connected to transfer electric power from an external power source. The first power line is connected to the inlet and the AC/DC converter. The second power line is branched from a path that is located on the first power line and that connects the connector and the AC/DC converter to each other.
Claims7
A vehicle externally chargeable using electric power from an external power source, comprising:
- a power storage device that is chargeable;
- a power converting device configured to convert electric power supplied from said external power source, into electric power for charging said power storage device device;
- an inlet, which is provided at an external surface of said vehicle and to which a charging cable is connectable from outside said vehicle so as to transfer electric power from said external power source;
- a first power line connected to said inlet and said power converting device:
- at least one connector inserted in said first power line;
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- a second power line branched from a path that is located on said first power line and that connects said connector and said power converting device to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.