US 12,122,253 B2
Vehicle charging apparatus and mechanical parking apparatus
Yukihide Okamura, Kochi (JP); Kazunari Takahashi, Kochi (JP); and Tatsuya Saibara, Kochi (JP)
Assigned to GIKEN LTD., Kochi (JP)
Appl. No. 18/686,720
Filed by GIKEN LTD., Kochi (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/032575
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/032977, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-140667 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0270097 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); E04H 6/22 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [B60L 53/36 (2019.02); E04H 6/22 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle charging apparatus for an automated parking apparatus that carries a vehicle to a specified floor by means of a carrier operable to move up and down, moves the vehicle from the carrier to a specified storage provided on the specified floor, and stores the vehicle in the storage, the vehicle charging apparatus comprising:
a charging part for being connected with a charging cable of the vehicle;
a placement part provided on the carrier for connecting to the charging part; and
a feeding part provided on the storage for connecting to the charging part and supplying power to the charging cable, wherein
the charging part connects with the placement part when the vehicle is carried by the carrier, the charging part connects to the feeding part with the movement of the vehicle from the carrier to the storage, and the charging part is disconnected from the placement part after the connection of the charging part to the feeding part.