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Charging system and charging method

Grant US12580402B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventors

Kento Iwahori, Daiki Yokoyama

Abstract

A charging system includes a remote control unit runs the vehicle in the manufacturing process of the factory, the vehicle being capable of running on a track in the factory by remote control, the vehicle including a communication device and a secondary battery for running the vehicle on the track is mounted on the vehicle before running the track; a manufacturing status acquiring unit acquires a manufacturing status in a post-process part that is a destination of the vehicle running from a pre-process part where the secondary battery mounted on the vehicle is charged or a pre-charged secondary battery is mounted; and a charging rate determination unit determines a charging rate at the time of mounting using the acquired manufacturing status in the post-process part, the charging rate at the time of mounting being a charging rate of the battery at the time of mounting the secondary on the vehicle.

CPC Classifications

H02J 7/0047 B62D 65/18 B60L 53/60

Filing Date

2024-04-05

Application No.

18627633

Claims

4