ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS

• US 20100288754A1
• Filed: 09/21/2007
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyushu Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kyushu Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Ookuma, Yasuhiko
• Application Number:
  US12/733,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20100288754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/660
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/1263 using coil cooling arrangements

Abstract

A feeder capable of feeding power to a load such as an electric appliance without remodeling an IH cooker already owned at home and usually used for cooking by heat, and just by putting on a plate of the IH cooker with its power ON without the need of an outlet. The feeder (100) includes a power generating coil (10) for interlinking an alternating magnetic field generated by the IH cooker (300) having a proper pan sensing function to generate an induction current and supply to the load, a blocking part (40) connected between the coil (10) and the load (200), a sensing part (50) for detecting a physical quantity generated by the coil (10), the blocking part (40) and/or the load (200) for converting it into a corresponding signal, and a control part (20) for controlling to shut the blocking part (40) based on the signal output from the sensing part (50). The power generating coil (10) and the load (200) are blocked by the blocking part (40), and power consumption on the load (200) is put out of a specified range set with the power consumption by a magnetic cooker mounted on the IH cooker (300) as reference, thereby causing the IH cooker (300) to determine that the magnetic cooker is not mounted to interrupt the generation of the alternating magnetic field from the IH cooker (300).

Claims

1. An electric power supply apparatus for supplying an electric power to a load based on an alternating magnetic field created by an induction heating cooking appliance which is equipped with a proper pan detection function to detect that an article to be heated is put on the induction heating cooking appliance as a proper magnetic material cooker when an electric power consumed by the article put on the induction heating cooking appliance, upon being irradiated with intermittent magnetic force lines, falls within a given range, which apparatus comprises:

a power generation coil that generates an induction current by crossing the power generation coil and an alternating magnetic field created by said induction heating cooking appliance, and that supplies it to said load;

a breaker section connected between said power generation coil and said load;

a detection section that detects physical quantities created in said power generation coil, said breaker section and/or said load; and

a control section that controls an electrical disconnection between said power generation coil and said load based on signals output from said,detection section,

characterized by the fact that, when a consumption power, which is consumed by said load when the electrical disconnection is established between said power generation coil and said load by said breaker section, falls outside a set range which is set by using as a standard a consumption power consumed by a magnetic material cooker put on said induction heating cooking appliance, said induction heating cooking appliance recognizes that the magnetic material cooker is not put thereon, to thereby stop the generation of the alternating magnetic field.

4. The electric power supply apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a control power generation section that generates constant voltages for said control section,

characterized by the fact that said control power generation section including a transformer connected between said power generation coil and said control section and stepping down a secondary voltage of the transformer to a primary voltage thereof, a diode bridge connected between said transformer and said control section and rectifying the alternating current from said power generation coil into a direct current, and a constant voltage circuit section connected between said diode bridge and said control section and supplying a constant voltage to said control section.

7. The electric power supply apparatus as set forth in claim 4, characterized by the fact that an induction current is generated in said power generation coil by intermittently emitting magnetic force lines from said induction heating cooking appliance during an initial operation of said induction heating cooking appliance, and that said control section is started with constant voltages which are generated by said control power generation section based on said induction current.

2. An electric power supply apparatus for supplying an electric power to a load based on an alternating magnetic field created by an induction heating cooking appliance which is equipped with a proper pan detection function to detect that an article to be heated is put on the induction heating cooking appliance as a proper magnetic material cooker when an electric power consumed by the article put on the induction heating cooking appliance, upon being irradiated with intermittent magnetic force lines, falls within a given range, which apparatus comprises:

a power generation coil that generates an induction current by crossing the power generation coil and an alternating magnetic field created by said induction heating cooking appliance, and that supplies it to said load;

a dummy power consumption section that consumes said induction current in a quasi-manner; and

a control section that controls a consumption power in said dummy power consumption section based on said induction current with respect to a set range which is set by using as a standard a consumption power consumed by a magnetic material cooker put on said induction heating cooking appliance,

characterized by the fact that, when a total consumption power, which is consumed by said load including said dummy power consumption section, falls outside said set range, said induction heating cooking appliance recognizes that the magnetic material cooker is not put thereon, to thereby stop the generation of the alternating magnetic field.

3. The electric power supply apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

a breaker section connected between said power generation coil and said load; and

a detection section that detects physical quantities created in said power generation coil, said breaker section, said dummy power consumption section and/or said load,

characterized by the fact that said control section controls an electrical disconnection between said power generation coil and said load based on signals output from said detection section.

5. The electric power supply apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

a control power generation section that generates constant voltages for said control section, characterized by the fact that said control power generation section including a transformer connected between said power generation coil and said control section and stepping down a secondary voltage of the transformer to a primary voltage thereof, a diode bridge connected between said transformer and said control section and rectifying the alternating current from said power generation coil into a direct current, and a constant voltage circuit section connected between said diode bridge and said control section and supplying a constant voltage to said control section.

6. The electric power supply apparatus as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a control power generation section that generates constant voltages for said control section,

characterized by the fact that said control power generation section including a transformer connected between said power generation coil and said control section and stepping down a secondary voltage of the transformer to a primary voltage thereof, a diode bridge connected between said transformer and said control section and rectifying the alternating current from said power generation coil into a direct current, and a constant voltage circuit section connected between said diode bridge and said control section and supplying a constant voltage to said control section.

8. The electric power supply apparatus as set forth in claim 5, characterized by the fact that an induction current is generated in said power generation coil by intermittently emitting magnetic force lines from said induction heating cooking appliance during an initial operation of said induction heating cooking appliance, and that said control section is started with constant voltages which are generated by said control power generation section based on said induction current.

9. The electric power supply apparatus as set forth in claim 6, characterized by the fact that an induction current is generated in said power generation coil by intermittently emitting magnetic force lines from said induction heating cooking appliance during an initial operation of said induction heating cooking appliance, and that said control section is started with constant voltages which are generated by said control power generation section based on said induction current.