A charging connector connects a power supply unit and a shopping cart (charged object) that charges a battery included in the shopping cart according to a voltage signal from the power supply unit, or connects the shopping cart and another shopping cart. The charging connector includes: sockets (output connectors) that output voltage signals from the power supply unit; plugs (input connectors) that can be inserted into and removed from the sockets and are electrically connected to the sockets; a contact determination unit that is provided on the sockets side and detects whether the sockets and the plugs are in a predetermined contact state; and an energization control unit that energizes the plugs from the sockets on condition that the contact determination unit determines that the contact state is the predetermined contact state, and does not energize the plugs from the sockets on condition that the contact determination unit does not determine that the contact state is the predetermined contact state.
CHARGING CONNECTOR AND SHOPPING CART
2025-05-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
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