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Vehicle charging apparatus

  • US 9,694,701 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2013
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle charging apparatus mounted on a vehicle for charging an on-vehicle battery from an external power supply with a charging plug connected to the vehicle, the vehicle charging apparatus comprising:

  • a communication device having an electronic control unit, the electronic control unit being configured to;

    perform communication with a charging facility providing the external power supply with the charging plug connected and locked to the vehicle, andto prohibit disconnection of the communication when an unlocking operation to unlock the charging plug is executed during charging from the external power supply to the on-vehicle battery,wherein the electronic control unit is configured to perform the communication based on an OSI reference model having a layered structure, the layered structure including an Application layer, a Session layer, and layers therebelow,wherein the electronic control unit is configured to prohibit disconnection of the communication by stopping communication in the Application layer of the OSI reference model, while retaining an established state of a communication session in the Session layer and the layers therebelow.

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