US 12,172,540 B2
Status detection system and connection cable
Yoshihiro Ikushima, Okazaki (JP); Yusei Nakamura, Toyota (JP); and Rikako Zenibana, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,215.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-073426 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347772 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); G01R 31/66 (2020.01)
CPC B60L 53/62 (2019.02) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); G01R 31/66 (2020.01); B60L 2200/28 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A status detection system configured to detect a connection status among a power storage vehicle, an electrified vehicle, and a connection cable, the status detection system comprising:
the connection cable electrically connectable to the electrified vehicle or the power storage vehicle;
a first detection unit configured to detect an electrical connection status between the electrified vehicle and the connection cable;
a second detection unit configured to detect an electrical connection status between the power storage vehicle and the connection cable; and
a determination unit configured to make determination on an overall connection status among the power storage vehicle, the electrified vehicle, and the connection cable based on the electrical connection status between the electrified vehicle and the connection cable based on a detection result from the first detection unit and the electrical connection status between the power storage vehicle and the connection cable based on a detection result from the second detection unit(,)
wherein: the connection cable includes a cable portion, a first connector provided at a first end of the cable portion, and a second connector provided at a second end of the cable portion, each of the first connector and the second connector including a first terminal configured to be connected to an electrified vehicle-side identification terminal provided to the electrified vehicle and not to be connected to a power storage vehicle-side identification terminal provided to the power storage vehicle, and a second terminal configured to be connected to the power storage vehicle-side identification terminal and not to be connected to the electrified vehicle-side identification terminal;
the first detection unit is configured to detect the electrical connection status between the electrified vehicle and the connection cable based on an electrical status of the first terminal; and
the second detection unit is configured to detect the electrical connection status between the power storage vehicle and the connection cable based on an electrical status of the second terminal.