	US 11,837,878 B2
	Charging system, charging station, movable body, and charging method
Syuhei Kobori, Tokyo (JP); Ken Onishi, Tokyo (JP); Noriko Onishi, Tokyo (JP); Koji Shukutani, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyoshi Okazaki, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroyoshi Kojima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/254,604
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/010488 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/003639, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-124652 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0175751 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); B60L 53/126 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/39 (2019.01); B60L 53/122 (2019.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01)

CPC H02J 50/12 (2016.02) [B25J 19/005 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/122 (2019.02); B60L 53/126 (2019.02); B60L 53/39 (2019.02); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/04 (2013.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02)]

9 Claims

1. A charging system comprising:

a movable body including a frame and a battery provided in the frame; and

a charging station configured to charge the battery, wherein

the movable body includes

a pressure detection unit configured to detect pressure in the frame, and

a charging permission signal output unit configured to output a charging permission signal indicating that the pressure in the frame is detected to be equal to or higher than a threshold pressure, and

the charging station includes

a charging permission signal acquisition unit configured to acquire the charging permission signal from the charging permission signal output unit, and

a power transmission unit configured to execute non-contact charging of the battery when the charging permission signal is acquired by the charging permission signal acquisition unit.