US 12,420,653 B2
Vehicle and power apparatus
Yuya Aoki, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/438,954.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-024273 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278661 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00507 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a secondary battery;
a vehicle inlet to which a vehicle plug is connected, the vehicle plug allowing power transmission including at least one of external charging and external power feed;
an electronic lock that locks the vehicle inlet and the vehicle plug; and
a vehicle controller that controls the electronic lock, wherein
when output in the power transmission is larger than a prescribed value at time of reception of a request for release of locking by the electronic lock from a user, the vehicle controller prohibits release of locking by the electronic lock, and
when output in the power transmission is equal to or lower than the prescribed value at the time of reception of the request for release of the locking by the electronic lock from the user, the vehicle controller releases locking by the electronic lock.