CHARGING APPARATUS AND OPERATING TOOL

• US 20120181977A1
• Filed: 01/12/2012
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Inventors: OKABAYASHI, Kazuo, FUKUDA, Yasuji, NAGAMITSU, Kengo
• Application Number:
  US13/348,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20120181977A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/107
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A charging apparatus for charging electric power supplied from a power source to a charging target includes an operating tool configured to operate charging to the charging target. The operating tool includes: a region indicating a step of connecting a connector, which is to be connected to the charging target, to the charging target; a region indicating a step of operating a start switch to start charging to the charging target; a region indicating a charged state of the charging target; and a region indicating a step of removing the connector from the charging target. These regions are arranged along a first direction.

Claims

1. A charging apparatus for charging electric power supplied from a power source to a charging target, comprising:

an operating tool configured to operate charging to the charging target,

wherein the operating tool includes;

a region A indicating a step of connecting a connector, which is to be connected to the charging target, to the charging target;

a region B indicating a step of operating a start switch to start charging to the charging target;

a region C indicating a charged state of the charging target; and

a region D indicating a step of removing the connector from the charging target, and

the region A, the region B, the region C, and the region D are arranged along a first direction.

2. The charging apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the start switch is arranged in the region B.

3. The charging apparatus of claim 2, wherein

an indicator configured to display the charged state is arranged in the region C.

4. The charging apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the operating tool further includes a region E indicating a step of stopping charging operation, and

a stop switch to stop the charging operation is arranged in the region E.

5. The charging apparatus of claim 4, wherein

the region C and the region E are arranged along a second direction different from the first direction.

6. The charging apparatus of claim 5, wherein

the first direction is a direction going from left to right as viewed by an operator operating the operating tool.

7. The charging apparatus of claim 5, wherein

the first direction is a direction going down from above as viewed by the operator.

8. The charging apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the second direction is a direction going down from above as viewed by the operator.

9. The charging apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the indicator displays information on the charged state in a first display region and displays precaution to the operator in a second display region different from the first display region.

10. The charging apparatus of claim 9, wherein

a background color of one of the first and second display regions is white, while a background color of the other display region is black.

11. The charging apparatus of claim 9, wherein

a background color of the first display region and a background color of the second display region are in a complementary color relationship.

12. The charging apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the first display region is arranged on the upper side or the left side of the second display region.

13. The charging apparatus of claim 12, wherein

an emergency stop button for emergency stop of charging operation is arranged on the upper right side of the region D.

14. An operating tool, comprising:

a plurality of first regions displaying operation of an apparatus step by step and provided along a first direction,

wherein a step of operating the operation button is displayed in one of the plurality of first regions, and an operation button is arranged in the one of the plurality of first regions.

15. The operating tool of claim 14, wherein

a second region displaying a step of stopping the operation is provided along a direction different from the first direction, and

a stop button for stopping the operation is arranged in the second region.

16. An apparatus comprising the operating tool of claim 14.