Patent ID: 8779721
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B60L,B62J,B62K,H02J,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A charging system, comprising: a charger connector having a positive output section and a negative output section; a charger body; vehicle-body charging connector having a positive input section and a negative input section configured to be connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a battery installed in a vehicle body, wherein the negative input section includes a first negative input portion and a second negative input portion and a first interlock switch interlocked with a power switch, wherein the first interlock switch is configured to be turned on when the power switch of the vehicle body is turned off and turned off when the power switch is turned on, the first interlock switch being disposed between the negative terminal of the battery and the second negative input portion, wherein the positive output section includes a first positive output portion connected to the positive input section and a second positive output portion connected to the second negative input portion, the first positive output portion and the second positive output portion being connected to each other with a coil of a relay circuit installed in the charger body interposed therebetween, and a normally opened relay switch of the relay circuit in which on and off operations are switched by the coil is connected to the first positive output portion, and wherein when the power switch is turned off and the charger connector and the vehicle-body charging connector are connected to each other, current from the battery is applied to the coil through the positive input section and the first positive output portion and the second negative input portion and the second positive output portion to turn on the normally opened relay switch.