SWITCHING DEVICE FOR CHARGING EQUIPMENT

1 . A switching device for charging equipment,

the switching device being used in the charging equipment,

the charging equipment including:

a plurality of power supplies configured to supply direct current power corresponding to electric vehicles; and

a plurality of charging stations used to connect with the electric vehicles,

the switching device selectively switching connections between each of the plurality of power supplies and each of the plurality of charging stations,

the switching device comprising:

a switching part switching the connections between each of the plurality of power supplies and each of the plurality of charging stations; and

a controller controlling the switching of the connections by the switching part,

the switching part including:

a plurality of first switching elements provided to correspond respectively to the plurality of power supplies; and

a plurality of second switching elements located between each of the plurality of first switching elements and each of the plurality of charging stations,

the plurality of second switching elements allowing direct current power supplied from the plurality of power supplies to be selectively supplied via the plurality of first switching elements to each of the plurality of charging stations,

rated voltages of the plurality of first switching elements being respectively not less than rated voltages of corresponding power supplies among the plurality of power supplies,

rated currents of the plurality of first switching elements being respectively not less than rated currents of the corresponding power supplies,

rated voltages of the plurality of second switching elements being less than the rated voltages of the plurality of first switching elements,

rated currents of the plurality of second switching elements being not less than the rated currents of the corresponding power supplies,

the controller controlling the switching of the connections by the switching part by controlling switching of each of the plurality of first switching elements and the plurality of second switching elements, so that when supplying power from a designated power supply among the plurality of power supplies to a designated charging station among the plurality of charging stations, the first switching element located between the designated power supply and the designated charging station is switched from an open state to an engaged state after the second switching element located between the designated power supply and the designated charging station is switched from an open state to an engaged state.

2 . The switching device for the charging equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

when stopping the supply of power from the designated power supply to the designated charging station, the controller switches the second switching element located between the designated power supply and the designated charging station from the engaged state to the open state after switching the first switching element located between the designated power supply and the designated charging station from the engaged state to the open state.

3 . The switching device for the charging equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

direct current power supply paths between the plurality of power supplies and the plurality of charging stations include high-potential-side paths and low-potential-side paths,

each of the plurality of second switching elements includes a pair of contacts including:

a contact opening and closing the high-potential-side path; and

a contact opening and closing the low-potential-side path, and

each of the plurality of first switching elements opens and closes only the high-potential-side path.