Charging device for use in charging electric vehicles and method of providing electricity to an electric vehicle

摘要

#$%^&*AU2012205231A120130214.pdf#####CHARGING DEVICE FOR USE IN CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ELECTRICITY TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A charging device (18) for use in delivering power from a power supply (14) to an electric vehicle (12 is described herein. The charging device includes a power delivery assembly (28) that is coupled to a power supply to selectively delivery power from the power supply to the electric vehicle. A sensor (42) is configured to sense a combustible gas and to generate a first monitoring signal indicative of the sensed combustible gas. A controller (30) is coupled to the sensor and to the power delivery assembly. The controller is configured to deliver power to the electric vehicle based at least in part on the received first monitoring signal.1/3 C 1 I '-C4 co~ -41