Feeder apparatus

• US 20020117896A1
• Filed: 02/12/2002
• Published: 08/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Gohara, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US10/073,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20020117896A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors

Abstract

An arrangement is provided such that electric power is supplied through the action of mutual induction between two members on a vehicle body (2) side a sliding door (3) side. In addition, an arrangement is provided such that respectively different induced electromotive forces are caused to occur in secondary-side feeding coils (10) and (119, and the supply of electric power is effected for each of the secondary-side feeding coils (10, 11). An arrangement is provided such that a first storage member (20) and a second storage member (22) are respectively connected to the secondary-side feeding coils (10, 11) with a rectifier circuit (12) interposed therebetween, so as to supply electric power corresponding to characteristic requirements of corresponding loads.

Claims

1. A feeder apparatus:

a first member;

a second member adapted to be brought into close proximity to the first member to supply electric power from the first member to the second member;

at least one primary coil for feeding electric power provided on the first member; and

a plurality of secondary coils for feeding electric power which have different winding ratios to generate different induced electromotive forces when the first member brought into close proximity to the second member, and are provided on the second member.

2. The feeder apparatus according to claim 1, wherein storage members corresponding to characteristic requirements of corresponding loads are respectively connected to the plurality of secondary coils through a rectifier circuit.

3. The feeder apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first member is provided on a vehicle body, and the second member is provided on a slide door slidably mounted on the vehicle body.

4. The feeder apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the primary coil is electrically connected to a battery mounted on the vehicle body, and the storage members are mounted on the slide door.

5. The feeder apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage members includes a first storage member for supplying electric power to a load driving circuit and a second storage member for supplying electric power to a control circuit.

6. The feeder apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control circuit controls the load driving circuit and monitors a state of charging the first storage member and the second storage member to control it.