Patent ID: 11970081
Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 8:
9. A method for controlling a charging apparatus for a vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying a charging capacity of an external charger connectable to the vehicle supplying a charging current;
controlling a first switching element, a second switching element, and a third switching element so that at least one of a first battery or a second battery are selectively charged in response to the charging capacity of the external charger connectable to the vehicle; and
when a charging amount of the first battery is different to a charging amount of the second battery, variably adjusting, by the first switching element, a magnitude of a first charging current supplied to the first battery from the external charger connectable to the vehicle or variably adjusting, by the second switching element, a magnitude of a second charging current supplied to the second battery from the external charger connectable to the vehicle so that the charging amount of the first battery is equal to the charging amount of the second battery.