Patent ID: 8311690
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A charging system for a vehicle using an onboard battery for running power, the charging system comprising: a door locking mechanism that switches between a door locked state, in which a door of the vehicle is closed and locked, and a door unlocked state, in which the door for boarding is unlocked; a charging locking mechanism that switches from a charging locked state, in which the charging cable is attached to a vehicle-side receptacle in order to enable charging, to a charging unlocked state, in which the charging cable is detached from the vehicle-side receptacle in order to suspend charging, when the onboard battery and an alternating-current (AC) power supply are disconnected from each other using a charging cable and that switches from the charging unlocked state to the charging locked state when the onboard battery and the AC power supply are connected with each other using the charging cable; and an interlocked locking controller that causes the charging locking mechanism to switch from the charging unlocked state to the charging locked state in response to a switching command of switching from the door unlocked state to the door locked state when an occupant leaves the vehicle, and that causes the charging locking mechanism to act to switch from the charging locked state to the charging unlocked state in response to a switching command of switching from the door locked state to the door unlocked state when the occupant boards the vehicle; wherein: the charging locking mechanism includes: when the occupant leaves the vehicle, the interlocked locking controller causes at least one of the connector locking mechanism and the cover locking mechanism to switch from a first corresponding at least one of the connector unlocked state and the cover unlocked state to a second corresponding at least one of the connector locked state and the cover locked state in response to the switching command of switching from the door unlocked state to the door locked state; and the door locking mechanism is an intelligent key or a smart key.