Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle including a water droplet detector
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Application No.: US16802355Application Date: 2020-02-26
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Publication No.: US11746569B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Takahiro Ueki
- Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McGinn I.P. Law Group, PLLC.
- Priority: JP 19071107 2019.04.03
- Main IPC: E05B83/34
- IPC: E05B83/34 ; E05B77/54 ; E05B81/64 ; B60R16/023 ; G07C5/08 ; G07C9/00 ; E05B77/34

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a charging lid, a water droplet detector, and a controller. The charging lid is configured to cover a charging port of an inlet in an openable and closable manner. The water droplet detector is configured to detect water droplets on the vehicle. The controller is configured to release a lock of the charging lid when an access key configured to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle and provide an instruction to lock or unlock a door of the vehicle is present near the vehicle or when an unlock condition for keeping the door unlocked is satisfied. The controller is configured to, in response to the water droplet detector detecting water droplets, lock the charging lid in a closed state, regardless of whether the unlock condition is satisfied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200318399A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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