RECHARGING SYSTEM
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1. In a recharge system for recharging a battery, the recharge system comprises a recharge portion that recharges the battery by consuming supplied power;
- the recharge portion is able to recharge the battery by consuming system power supplied from an electric power company;
the electric power company sets a higher power rate as a maximum value of power amount supplied during a unit time duration increases; and
one recharge performed by the recharge portion is started at a time in a front unit time duration of adjacent unit time durations and ended at a time in a rear unit time duration of the adjacent unit time durations.
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Abstract
A recharging system that recharges batteries is provided with a recharging unit that recharges the batteries by consuming power that is supplied. The recharging unit has the ability to recharge the batteries by consuming system power supplied by a power company. The power company sets power rates that are higher the larger the maximum amount of power supplied per unit of time, and a single charge performed by the recharging unit begins in the preceding unit of time among adjacent units of time, and finished in the following unit of time among the adjacent units of time.
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5 Claims
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1. In a recharge system for recharging a battery, the recharge system comprises a recharge portion that recharges the battery by consuming supplied power;
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the recharge portion is able to recharge the battery by consuming system power supplied from an electric power company; the electric power company sets a higher power rate as a maximum value of power amount supplied during a unit time duration increases; and one recharge performed by the recharge portion is started at a time in a front unit time duration of adjacent unit time durations and ended at a time in a rear unit time duration of the adjacent unit time durations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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