Patent ID: 8098044
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle charging system, comprising: an electric vehicle equipped with a power storage device that is configured to be rechargeable; and a vehicle charging device for charging said power storage device mounted on said electric vehicle by an external power supply, said vehicle charging device including a connector portion coupled to said electric vehicle at the time of charging, an electric power supply line by which said external power supply and said electric vehicle are electrically connected through said connector portion at the time of charging, a heat medium supply conduit through which a heat medium is supplied from outside the vehicle through said connector portion to said electric vehicle, the heat medium is used to maintain, at a prescribed temperature, a temperature change element whose temperature changes as a result of charging of said power storage device at the time of charging, and a heat medium discharge conduit through which said heat medium having been used to maintain a temperature of said temperature change element in said electric vehicle at the time of charging is discharged outside the vehicle through said connector portion, said heat medium supply conduit being provided with air-conditioned air within an air-conditioned building as said heat medium, and said heat medium discharge conduit being configured such that said heat medium discharged from said electric vehicle is released outside said building.