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Title:
ON-VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013058034
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an on-vehicle battery charger capable of suppressing power consumption of the charger when an electric power company does not sufficiently have power availability.

A charger 1 includes: power usage rate acquisition means 2 for acquiring a current power usage rate in the service area of an electric power company 20; power conversion means 3 for converting power supplied from an electrical grid 22 of the electric power company 20 into power capable of being used to charge an on-vehicle battery 11; and control means 4 for controlling charging service in which the power converted by the power conversion means 3 is supplied to the on-vehicle battery 11. The control means 4 sets a fee for the charging service at a regular fee, 500 yen, when the current power usage rate in the service area of the electric power company 20 is lower than a first predetermined value, 95%, and sets a fee for the charging service at a special fee more expensive than the regular fee, 1000 yen, when the current power usage rate is equal to or higher than the first predetermined value, 95%.


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Inventors:
KATO HIROAKI
SUZUKI TSUNEO
SHIMAZAKI KAZUNORI
NAKAJIMA YUTAKA
YAMAMOTO SATOSHI
MATSUKURA KEISUKE
Application Number:
JP2011195226A
Publication Date:
March 28, 2013
Filing Date:
September 07, 2011
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Assignee:
TOYOTA IND CORP
International Classes:
G07F15/08; G06Q50/06; H01M10/44; H01M10/48; H02J7/00; H02J7/02; B60L11/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Michiharu Soga
Kajinami order
Masahiro Taguchi