NON-CONTACT ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING EQUIPMENT AND NON-CONTACT ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING SYSTEM

• US 20120032521A1
• Filed: 04/17/2009
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakakibara, Hiroyuki, Ichikawa, Shinji, Inoue, Takumi
• Application Number:
  US12/993,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20120032521A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

Electric power feeding equipment and an electric power receiving device include a primary self resonant coil and a secondary self resonant coil coil, respectively, resonating through an electromagnetic field to allow the electric power feeding equipment to feed the electric power receiving device with electric power in a non-contact manner. A control device sets a frequency range for a spread spectrum, as based on an S-parameter S21 of a circuit constituted of the primary coil and primary self resonant coil of the electric power feeding equipment and the secondary self resonant coil and secondary coil of the electric power receiving device, and controls a high frequency electric power supply device to supply the electric power receiving device with high frequency electric power having the set frequency range.

Claims

1. Non-contact electric power feeding equipment comprising:

an electric power transferring resonator for transferring electric power to an electric power receiving device in a non-contact manner by resonating with an electric power receiving resonator of said electric power receiving device through an electromagnetic field;

a power supply device connected to said electric power transferring resonator for supplying said electric power transferring resonator with predetermined high frequency electric power; and

a control device for setting a frequency range for a spread spectrum, as based on an S-parameter S21 of a circuit constituted of said electric power transferring resonator and said electric power receiving resonator, and for controlling said power supply device to supply said electric power transferring resonator with high frequency electric power having the frequency range.

2. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 1, wherein said control device sets the frequency range for the spread spectrum, as based on a frequency band allowing said S-parameter S21 to have a relatively increased amplitude characteristic.

3. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 1, wherein said control device alternately switches two resonant frequencies that appear in an amplitude characteristic of said S-parameter S21 to provide the spread spectrum.

4. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 1, wherein said control device sets the frequency range for the spread spectrum to be a frequency band including at least one of two resonant frequencies that appear in an amplitude characteristic of said S-parameter S21.

5. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 1, wherein said control device sets the frequency range for the spread spectrum to be a frequency band between two resonant frequencies that appear in an amplitude characteristic of said S-parameter S21 excluding the two resonant frequencies.

6. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 1, wherein said control device sets the frequency range for the spread spectrum, as based on a Q factor calculated as based on a resonant frequency that appears in an amplitude characteristic of said S-parameter S21.

7. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 1, wherein said electric power transferring resonator includes:

a primary coil connected to said power supply device; and

a primary self resonant coil fed with electric power from said primary coil through electromagnetic induction for generating said electromagnetic field.

10. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 2, wherein said electric power transferring resonator includes:

a primary coil connected to said power supply device; and

a primary self resonant coil fed with electric power from said primary coil through electromagnetic induction for generating said electromagnetic field.

11. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 3, wherein said electric power transferring resonator includes:

a primary coil connected to said power supply device; and

a primary self resonant coil fed with electric power from said primary coil through electromagnetic induction for generating said electromagnetic field.

12. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 4, wherein said electric power transferring resonator includes:

a primary coil connected to said power supply device; and

a primary self resonant coil fed with electric power from said primary coil through electromagnetic induction for generating said electromagnetic field.

13. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 5, wherein said electric power transferring resonator includes:

a primary coil connected to said power supply device; and

a primary self resonant coil fed with electric power from said primary coil through electromagnetic induction for generating said electromagnetic field.

14. The non-contact electric power feeding equipment according to claim 6, wherein said electric power transferring resonator includes:

a primary coil connected to said power supply device; and

a primary self resonant coil fed with electric power from said primary coil through electromagnetic induction for generating said electromagnetic field.

8. A non-contact electric power feeding system comprising:

electric power feeding equipment capable of outputting predetermined high frequency electric power; and

an electric power receiving device capable of receiving electric power from said electric power feeding equipment in a non-contact manner, wherein;

said electric power receiving device includes an electric power receiving resonator for receiving electric power from said electric power feeding equipment in a non-contact manner through an electromagnetic field generated between said electric power feeding equipment and said electric power receiving device; and

said electric power feeding equipment includes;

an electric power transferring resonator for transferring electric power to said electric power receiving resonator in a non-contact manner by resonating with said electric power receiving resonator through said electromagnetic field;

a power supply device connected to said electric power transferring resonator for supplying said electric power transferring resonator with predetermined high frequency electric power; and

a control device for setting a frequency range for a spread spectrum, as based on an S-parameter S21 of a circuit constituted of said electric power transferring resonator and said electric power receiving resonator, and for controlling said power supply device to supply said electric power transferring resonator with high frequency electric power having the frequency range.

9. The non-contact electric power feeding system according to claim 8, wherein:

said electric power transferring resonator includes

a primary coil connected to said power supply device, and

a primary self resonant coil fed with electric power from said primary coil through electromagnetic induction for generating said electromagnetic field; and

said electric power receiving resonator includes

a secondary self resonant coil for receiving electric power from said primary self resonant coil by resonating with said primary self resonant coil through said electromagnetic field, and

a secondary coil for extracting through electromagnetic induction the electric power received by said secondary self resonant coil.