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Apparatus and method for charging an electric vehicle battery

US5596258A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1994
Grant dateJan 21, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S320/13
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a charging apparatus and method for charging a battery of a battery driven electric vehicle, when a communication abnormality between a charger side of a charging station and the battery side of the electric vehicle is determined to occur, a power supply of the charger starts the charge to the battery in a special charge pattern (protocol) of mode in the occurrence of the communication abnormality.

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