IP Library Granted Patent US 8,712,621
Granted Patent B2
US 8,712,621 · App. 13/848,892 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Vehicle having power supply apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,712,621
App. No.
13/848,892
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle having a power supply apparatus which is configured to supply an electric power to an external apparatus outside the vehicle, includes: a detecting unit which is configured to detect a state where a cable is pinched between an opening and closing member of the vehicle and an opening edge of an opening for the opening and closing member, the cable connecting the power supply apparatus to the external apparatus and being arranged in an interior of the vehicle; and an inhibiting unit which, when the detecting unit detects that the cable is pinched between the opening and closing member and the opening edge, is configured to inhibit running of the vehicle.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle having a power supply apparatus which is configured to supply an electric power to an external apparatus outside the vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

a detecting unit which is configured to detect a state where a cable is pinched between an opening and closing member of the vehicle and an opening edge of an opening for the opening and closing member, the cable connecting the power supply apparatus to the external apparatus and being arranged in an interior of the vehicle; and

an inhibiting unit which, when the detecting unit detects that the cable is pinched between the opening and closing member and the opening edge, is configured to inhibit running of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the detecting unit is a switch which is disposed in one of the opening and closing member and the opening edge, and which detects that the cable is pinched between the opening and closing member and the opening edge, when the cable is pinched between the opening and closing member and the opening edge, and the switch is pressed by the cable.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

a recessed portion, which is configured to accommodate the cable when the cable is pinched between the opening and closing member and the opening edge, is disposed in at least one of the opening and closing member and the opening edge, and

the switch is disposed in the recessed portion.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the inhibiting unit inhibits the running of the vehicle by setting a parking lock mechanism to a locked state.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the inhibiting unit inhibits the running of the vehicle by stopping a motor for running mounted on the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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