US 11,996,713 B2
Charging apparatus and receptacle control method
Hiroshi Takichi, Kanagawa (JP); and Takashi Kuwabara, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,826.
Application 17/528,826 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/012143, filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-120433 (JP), filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0077697 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0029 (2013.01) [G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging apparatus comprising:
a receptacle comprising a plurality of terminals;
a power supply configured to supply a voltage or a current to a first terminal included in the plurality of terminals;
a first voltage detector configured to detect a voltage of the first terminal;
a second voltage detector configured to detect a voltage of a second terminal included in the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being a terminal at one place, two places or three places away from the first terminal; and
a processor configured to determine whether the voltage of the second terminal is equal to or higher than a second threshold value during a period in which the voltage of the first terminal is equal to or higher than a first threshold value, and stop supply of the voltage or the current from the power supply to the first terminal in a case in which the voltage of the second terminal is equal to or higher than the second threshold value.