CONTACTLESS POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND CONTACTLESS CHARGING SYSTEM

• US 20120326661A1
• Filed: 03/08/2011
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation), Panasonic Electric Works Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kada, Kyohei, Suzuki, Kazuhiro, Matsumoto, Takaoki, Kanakubo, Yoshihide, Nagatake, Yohei, Konishi, Yoshiyuki
• Application Number:
  US13/582,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20120326661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00302 Overcharge protection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A contactless power-receiving device, which is connected to equipment via a connection terminal and which supplies power to the load for the equipment, provided with: a secondary coil which intersects the alternating magnetic flux generated from a primary coil to which an alternating power is supplied; and a control unit which supplies induced electromotive force of the secondary coil to the load. The control unit determines the amount of charge in the load and determines whether or not to supply power to the load on the basis of the determined amount of charge.

Claims

1. A contactless power receiving device connected by a connection terminal to an equipment, wherein the contactless power receiving device supplies power to a load of the equipment, the contactless power receiving device comprising:

a secondary coil that intersects with an alternating magnetic flux generated from a primary coil, which is supplied with AC power; and

a control unit that supplies induced electromotive force of the secondary coil to the load,

wherein the control unit determines a charging amount of the load and determines whether or not to supply power to the load based on the determined charging amount.

2. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit ends charging of the load when determining that a voltage of the load is greater than or equal to a predetermined first full charge determination value.

3. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

when the equipment includes a device side charging control unit that measures the voltage of the load, the control unit is configured to end the charging of the load when the device side charging control unit determines that the voltage of the load is greater than or equal to a predetermined second full charge determination value;

and

the first full charge determination value is set as a value that is greater than the second full charge determination value.

4. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit supplies power to the load when the voltage of the load is less than or equal to a predetermined first recharge determination value.

5. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 4, wherein

when the equipment includes a device side charging control unit that measures the voltage of the load, the control unit is configured to supply power to the load when the device side charging control unit determines that the voltage of the load is less than or equal to a predetermined second recharge determination value;

and

the first recharge determination value is set as a value that is smaller than the second recharge determination value.

6. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising

a monitoring circuit connected to the control unit and connectable by the connection terminal to the equipment, wherein the monitoring circuit monitors a control signal provided from the equipment and transmits a charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit.

7. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 6, wherein the monitoring circuit is further configured to monitor the voltage of the load regardless of whether or not the control signal is provided from the equipment, and the monitoring circuit transmits the charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit regardless of a monitoring result of the voltage of the load when the control signal is provided from the equipment.

9. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit supplies power to the load when the voltage of the load is less than or equal to a predetermined first recharge determination value.

10. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 9, wherein

when the equipment includes a device side charging control unit that measures the voltage of the load, the control unit is configured to supply power to the load when the device side charging control unit determines that the voltage of the load is less than or equal to a predetermined second recharge determination value;

and

the first recharge determination value is set as a value that is smaller than the second recharge determination value.

11. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit supplies power to the load when the voltage of the load is less than or equal to a predetermined first recharge determination value.

12. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 11, wherein

when the equipment includes a device side charging control unit that measures the voltage of the load, the control unit is configured to supply power to the load when the device side charging control unit determines that the voltage of the load is less than or equal to a predetermined second recharge determination value;

and

the first recharge determination value is set as a value that is smaller than the second recharge determination value.

13. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 2, further comprising

a monitoring circuit connected to the control unit and connectable by the connection terminal to the equipment, wherein the monitoring circuit monitors a control signal provided from the equipment and transmits a charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit.

14. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 13, wherein the monitoring circuit is further configured to monitor the voltage of the load regardless of whether or not the control signal is provided from the equipment, and the monitoring circuit transmits the charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit regardless of a monitoring result of the voltage of the load when the control signal is provided from the equipment.

15. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 3, further comprising

a monitoring circuit connected to the control unit and connectable by the connection terminal to the equipment, wherein the monitoring circuit monitors a control signal provided from the equipment and transmits a charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit.

16. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 15, wherein the monitoring circuit is further configured to monitor the voltage of the load regardless of whether or not the control signal is provided from the equipment, and the monitoring circuit transmits the charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit regardless of a monitoring result of the voltage of the load when the control signal is provided from the equipment.

17. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 4, further comprising

a monitoring circuit connected to the control unit and connectable by the connection terminal to the equipment, wherein the monitoring circuit monitors a control signal provided from the equipment and transmits a charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit.

18. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 17, wherein the monitoring circuit is further configured to monitor the voltage of the load regardless of whether or not the control signal is provided from the equipment, and the monitoring circuit transmits the charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit regardless of a monitoring result of the voltage of the load when the control signal is provided from the equipment.

19. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 5, further comprising

a monitoring circuit connected to the control unit and connectable by the connection terminal to the equipment, wherein the monitoring circuit monitors a control signal provided from the equipment and transmits a charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit.

20. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 19, wherein the monitoring circuit is further configured to monitor the voltage of the load regardless of whether or not the control signal is provided from the equipment, and the monitoring circuit transmits the charging control signal, which corresponds to the control signal provided from the equipment, to the control unit regardless of a monitoring result of the voltage of the load when the control signal is provided from the equipment.

8. A contactless charging system comprising:

a contactless power transmitting device including a primary coil that generates an alternating magnetic flux when supplied with AC power; and

a contactless power receiving device including a secondary coil that intersects with the alternating magnetic flux generated from the primary coil, wherein the contactless power receiving device supplies the AC power, which is supplied from the primary coil through the secondary coil, to a load of an equipment connected by a connection terminal, wherein

the contactless power receiving device includes a control unit that supplies the load with an induced electromotive force of the secondary coil generated by intersecting the alternating magnetic flux generated from the primary coil; and

the control unit determines a charging amount of the load and determines whether or not to supply power to the load based on the determined charging amount.