Building and construction method for the same

• US 10,176,920 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Company Limited (Sekisui)
• Original Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Company Limited (Sekisui)
• Inventors: Iwasa, Koichiro, Matsumoto, Kenzo, Kawakubo, Masataka
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Application Number:
  US14/005,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20140008996A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,475 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 320108
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34815 Elements not integrated in a skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34869 Elements for special technical purposes, e.g. with a sanitary equipment
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 5/43 Floor structures of extraordinary design; Features relating to the elastic stability; Floor structures specially designed for resting on columns only, e.g. mushroom floors anchoring devices for balconies with means for preventing cold bridging E04B1/0038; extraordinary constructions in general E04B1/34
• 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 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/50 using additional energy repeaters between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

This building includes a power supply coil of a contactless power supply system using magnetic resonance type. Then, a construction method for this building includes steps of: linking a plurality of building members to each other respectively provided with split wires into which a power supply coil forming a loop as a whole is split at a plurality of locations along an extending direction of the power supply coil, so as to surround an indoor space; and forming the power supply coil surrounding the indoor space by electrically connecting the respective split wires to each other.

Claims

1. A building comprising:

a plurality of building units, each building unit comprising;

a single first power supply coil of a contactless power supply system using magnetic field resonance, and

a plurality of building members continuously formed so as to surround an indoor space,

wherein

the first power supply coil includes loops,

each of the loops is formed of split wires provided in the plurality of building members and surrounds the indoor space in a horizontal direction along an arrangement direction of the plurality of building members,

the split wires are electrically connected by connectors, and

a second power supply coil and a power receiving coil for supplying electric power to the first power supply coil are provided between the plurality of building units so as to be positioned opposite to each other.

2. The building according to claim 1,

wherein the power supply coil is arranged between a building member located on an innermost layer facing an indoor space and another building member located on an outermost layer facing the outdoor.

3. The building according to claim 1, further comprising:

a repeater that is configured to resonate at a same frequency as that of the power supply coil.

4. The building according to claim 1,

wherein the building member is at least one of a wall material, skirting board, flooring material and ceiling material.

5. A building comprising:

a plurality of building units, each building unit comprising;

a first power supply coil of a contactless power supply system using magnetic field resonance, and

a plurality of building members having an indoor surface facing an indoor space continuously and provided so as to surround the indoor space,

wherein

the first power supply coil includes a plurality of small coils, and the small coils are arrayed so as to divide the indoor surface into a plurality of regions,

the small coils are electrically connected in parallel to a power source such that a value of a current flowing in each of the small coils is controllable, and

a second power supply coil and a power receiving coil for supplying electric power to the first power supply coil are provided between the plurality of building units so as to be positioned opposite to each other.

6. The building according to claim 5,

wherein the building member is a flooring material including joists arranged in a lattice pattern and a heat insulating material arranged between the joists, and

wherein the small coils are integrally provided in at least any one of the heat insulating material and the joists.

7. The building according to claim 6,

wherein the size of the small coils varies for each of the regions.

8. The building according to claim 5,

wherein the size of the small coils varies for each of the regions.

9. A construction method for a building including a plurality of building units, the method comprising:

linking a plurality of building members to each other so as to surround an indoor space, the building members being provided with split wires; and

forming a first power supply coil by using a plurality of connectors to electrically connect the respective split wires to each other and forming the plurality of building units each comprising the indoor space surrounded by the first power supply coil, and

providing a second power supply coil and a power receiving coil between the plurality of building units so as to be positioned opposite to each other, the second power supply coil and the power receiving coil being for supplying electric power to the first power supply coil, wherein

the first power supply coil includes loops, and

each of the loops is formed of split wires and surrounds the indoor space in a horizontal direction along an arrangement direction of the plurality of building members.