Apparatus and method for charging an electric vehicle battery
US5596258A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2014 |
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- 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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