CHARGING ADAPTER FOR VEHICLE AND CHARGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

• Main Authors: YANAGISAWA HIROYUKI, ITO HIROYUKI, KUDO TOMOYUKI, KODAMA KOSUKE, INOUE YASUJI, KANEYASU MASAYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 27.10.2014
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; LINE CONNECTORS; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charging adapter for a vehicle and a charging system for a vehicle enabling the charging of the vehicle even when the standard of a charge connector of a charging device and the standard of a power receiving connector of the vehicle to receive supply of charging current are different from each other.SOLUTION: A charging adapter 13 includes: a first connector 131 which is fitted to a charge connector 11 of a charging device 10 and receives the supply of charging current from the charging device 10; a second connector 132 which is fitted to a power receiving connector 91 of a vehicle 9 and outputs the charging current to the vehicle 9; and a charging circuit 135 which transmits the charging current inputted from the first connector 131 to the second connector 132. 【課題】充電装置の充電コネクタの規格と充電電流の供給を受ける車両の受電コネクタの規格とが異なる場合でも、車両の充電を可能とする車両用充電アダプタ及び車両用充電システムを提供する。【解決手段】充電アダプタ１３は、充電装置１０の充電コネクタ１１に嵌合し、充電装置１０から充電電流の供給を受ける第１コネクタ１３１と、車両９の受電コネクタ９１に嵌合し、車両９に充電電流を出力する第２コネクタ１３２と、第１コネクタ１３１から入力される充電電流を第２コネクタ１３２に伝達する充電回路１３５とを備える。【選択図】図４