Charging apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihiko Hiroe, Tomoya Ono, Hidetoshi Kusumi
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Abstract
A charging apparatus includes a plurality of batteries, a changeover relay that can be changed over between a first state where the plurality of the batteries are connected in series to one another and a second state where the plurality of the batteries are connected in parallel to one another, an electric storage device, a main relay that is provided between the electric storage device and an electric load of a vehicle, and a control device that controls the opening/closing of the changeover relay. The control device renders the changeover relay in the first state when the main relay is in an open state.
Claims5
A charging apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of batteries;
- a changeover relay that can be changed over between a first state where the plurality of the batteries are connected in series to one another and a second state where the plurality of the batteries are connected in parallel to one another;
- an electric storage device that is configured to be chargeable by receiving an electric power that is supplied from an electric power supply outside a vehicle;
- a main relay that is provided between the electric storage device and an electric load of the vehicle;
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- a control device that is configured to control opening/closing of the changeover relay, wherein
- the control device is configured to render the changeover relay in the first state when the main relay is in an open state,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.