Wireless power relay device and wireless power transmission system

• US 10,158,253 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2014
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: LS Cable And System Limited (LS Cable)
• Inventors: You, Sung-Han, Kim, Young-Sun, Park, Un-Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHIAO, DAVID A
• Application Number:
  US15/308,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20170054330A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,691 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/50 using additional energy repeaters between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00308 Overvoltage protection

Abstract

The present invention is mainly directed to providing a wireless power relay device and a wireless power transmission system, which are capable of reinforcing a relay coil in which a high voltage is induced among a plurality of relay coils, thereby preventing the relay coil from being damaged due to the induction of the high voltage.

Claims

1. A wireless power relay device comprising:

a plurality of relay coils arranged at respective points, and configured to relay power transmission by capturing a magnetic field transmitted by a wireless power transmission device to provide to at least one wireless power receiving device,

wherein power is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless power transmission device through a subset of the plurality of relay coils in a path to a relay coil at a predetermined point which is farthest away from the wireless power transmission device at an end portion of the wireless power relay device,

wherein the wireless power relay device is configured such that, of the plurality of relay coils, the relay coil at the predetermined point is closest to the at least one wireless power receiving device,

wherein the relay coil at the predetermined point has a larger impedance value than impedance values of other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path to prevent induction of high voltage in the relay coil at the predetermined point.

2. The wireless power relay device of claim 1, wherein a resistance value of the relay coil at the predetermined point is smaller than resistance values of the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

3. The wireless power relay device of claim 2, wherein a number of turns of the relay coil at the predetermined point is less than a number of turns of each of the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

4. The wireless power relay device of claim 1, wherein a mutual inductance between the relay coil at the predetermined point and a nearest relay coil among the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path is greater than mutual inductance values between the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

5. The wireless power relay device of claim 4, wherein a coupling coefficient K between the relay coil at the predetermined point and the nearest relay coil among the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path is greater than coupling coefficient values between the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

6. The wireless power relay device of claim 5, wherein a distance between the relay coil at the predetermined point and the nearest relay coil among the subset of the plurality of relay coils is less than distances between the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

7. A wireless power transmission system comprising:

a wireless power transmission device configured to transmit power through a magnetic field; and

a plurality of relay coils arranged at respective points, and configured to capture and relay the magnetic field transmitted by the wireless power transmission device to provide to at least one wireless power receiving device,

wherein the wireless power transmission system transmits power through a subset of the plurality of relay coils in a path to a relay coil at a predetermined point which is farthest away from the wireless power transmission device at an end portion of the wireless power relay device,

wherein the relay coil at the predetermined point has a higher impedance value than impedance values of other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path to prevent induction of high voltage in the relay coil at the predetermined point.

8. The wireless power transmission system of claim 7, wherein a resistance value of the relay coil at the predetermined point is lower than resistance values of the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

9. The wireless power transmission system of claim 8, wherein a number of turns of the relay coil at the predetermined point is less than a number of turns of each of the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

10. The wireless power transmission system of claim 7, wherein a mutual inductance value between the relay coil at the predetermined point and a nearest relay coil among the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path is larger than mutual inductance values between the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.

11. The wireless power transmission system of claim 10, wherein a coupling coefficient K between the relay coil at the predetermined point and the nearest relay coil among the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path is larger than coupling coefficient values between the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coil.

12. The wireless power transmission system of claim 11, wherein a distance between the relay coil at the predetermined point and the nearest relay coil among the subset of the plurality of relay coils is less than distances between the other relay coils of the subset of the plurality of relay coils in the path.