Water tank structure with wireless power transmission devices

• US 20140033984A1
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Feton Limited
• Original Assignee: Feton Limited
• Inventors: Li, Chih Chun, Wu, Cheng Hsiu
• Application Number:
  US13/924,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20140033984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 119/247
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/006 Accessories for aquaria or terraria
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/06 Arrangements for heating or lighting in, or attached to, receptacles for live fish
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/065 Heating or cooling devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/50 using additional energy repeaters between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

A water tank structure with wireless power transmission devices is disclosed. The water tank structure includes a water tank, a passive device, and a transmitter. The passive device is disposed in the water tank and includes a receiver. The transmitter transmits electric energy to the receiver through resonance between the transmitter and the receiver. The transmitter transforms electricity first into electric signals and then into resonance energy, before transmitting the resonance energy. The receiver and the transmitter have corresponding characteristics in electrical resonance so that the receiver can receive the resonance signals output from the transmitter and then transform the resonance signals into electricity to be consumed by the electrical load of the passive device.

Claims

1. A water tank structure with wireless power transmission devices, the water tank structure comprising:

a water tank, which is a container structure for holding water;

a passive device, which is an electric device having an electrical load and comprises a receiver, the receiver comprising a receiving circuit and a rectifying circuit; and

a transmitter comprising a power supply, a resonance transmission driving circuit, and a transmitting circuit, the transmitter transmitting electric energy to the receiver through resonance between the transmitter and the receiver,

wherein;

the passive device is provided in the water tank;

the transmitter is provided at a position where an effective range of resonance energy transmitted by the transmitter covers the receiver;

the power supply is a power source for supplying electricity required for operations of the transmitter;

the resonance transmission driving circuit is an electric signal regulating circuit for transforming a portion of the electricity provided by the power supply into an electric signal and outputting the electric signal to the transmitting circuit;

the transmitting circuit transforms the electric signal generated by the resonance transmission driving circuit into the resonance energy and transmits the resonance energy;

the receiving circuit corresponds to the transmitting circuit in terms of electrical resonance characteristics and transforms a resonance signal transmitted by and received from the transmitting circuit into electricity for output; and

the rectifying circuit is an electric signal regulating circuit for regulating and transforming the electricity output from the receiving circuit and outputting the electricity in a form required by the electrical load of the passive device.

2. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is provided at a bottom part, a top end, or a lateral part of the water tank.

3. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is provided adjacent to the water tank and is located where the effective range of the resonance energy transmitted by the transmitter covers the receiver.

4. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the passive device further comprises a light emitting element and a submersible light, the submersible light being a hollow waterproof box structure,

wherein:

the submersible light has a light permeable part made of a light permeable material and corresponding in position to the light emitting element;

the light emitting element is an electrical load to be electrically driven to emit light, is provided in the submersible light, and corresponds to the light permeable part; and

the receiver is provided in the submersible light and electrically connected to the light emitting element of the passive device.

5. The water tank structure of claim 4, wherein the hollow waterproof box structure of the submersible light is composed of an upper cover and a lower cover, the upper cover being provided at a top end of the lower cover to form the hollow waterproof box structure of the submersible light, the light permeable part being provided on the upper cover.

6. The water tank structure of claim 5, wherein the submersible light further comprises an inner box, the inner box being a hollow structure with a through-hole post and being provided between the upper cover and the lower cover, the through-hole post extending upward from a top end of the inner box and corresponding in position to the light permeable part of the upper cover, the through-hole post being formed as a tubular structure penetrated by a central through hole, the light emitting element and the receiver of the passive device being provided in the inner box, light emitted by the light emitting element penetrating the upper cover through the light permeable part by way of the through-hole post.

7. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the transmitter further comprises a first member, the first member having a bottom part provided with a bottom cover, the first member forming a transmitter receiving part,

wherein:

the first member is an element installed in the water tank;

the transmitter receiving part is a hollow structure formed in the first member and has bottom part sealed by the bottom cover; and

the power supply, the resonance transmission driving circuit, and the transmitting circuit of the transmitter are provided in the transmitter receiving part of the first member.

8. The water tank structure of claim 7, wherein the first member is located with respect to the water tank in such a way that the receiver, which is provided in the passive device, is within the effective range of the resonance energy transmitted by the transmitter and can receive the resonance energy transmitted by the transmitter.

9. The water tank structure of claim 7, wherein the power supply of the transmitter is an alternating-current power line, and the power supply has an end extending outward and exposed outside the first member in order to electrically connect to a mains electricity system.

10. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the passive device further comprises a first ornament having a lower cover,

wherein:

the first ornament is provided at a top end of the lower cover such that the first ornament and the lower cover jointly form a hollow waterproof box structure;

the first ornament is at least partially made of a light permeable material and has a decorative shape; and

the light emitting element and the receiver are provided between the first ornament and the lower cover and correspond to a light permeable portion of the first ornament.

11. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the passive device further comprises a second ornament, the second ornament having a lower cover and a plurality of light guide members,

wherein:

the second ornament is provided at a top end of the lower cover such that the second ornament and the lower cover jointly form a hollow waterproof box structure;

the light guide members, each being a cylinder made of a light conductive material, penetrate and extend out of the second ornament from a position within the second ornament that corresponds to the light emitting element; and

the light emitting element and the receiver are provided between the second ornament and the lower cover and correspond to the light guide members of the second ornament.

12. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the passive device further comprises a third ornament, the third ornament having a lower cover and a light permeable cover,

wherein:

the third ornament is provided at a top end of the lower cover and is a hollow box structure at least partially light-permeable;

the light emitting element and the receiver are provided in the third ornament and correspond to a light permeable portion of the third ornament;

the light permeable cover is a hollow structure made of a light permeable material and encloses the third ornament; and

the light permeable cover comprises a first light permeable cover and a second light permeable cover, the first light permeable cover and the second light permeable cover being half-closed shells and forming a hollow waterproof structure when connected together.

13. The water tank structure of claim 12, wherein the third ornament of the passive device and the light permeable cover of the third ornament form a structure whose specific gravity is close to or less than that the specific gravity of water.

14. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the passive device further comprises a submersible pump, the submersible pump being an electrically driven water pumping device and having a water tube and a filter,

wherein:

the water tube is in communication with the submersible pump and the filter;

the filter is a filtering device provided on the water tank, and water filtered through the filter flows back into the water tank; and

the receiver is provided in the submersible pump of the passive device in a sealed and watertight manner and electrically connected to the submersible pump so as to supply electricity required by the submersible pump.

15. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the passive device further comprises an air pump, the air pump being an electrically driven air pumping device and having an air tube,

wherein:

the air tube is in communication with the air pump and extends above a water surface of the water tank so as for the air pump to draw air and discharge the drawn air into the water tank; and

the receiver is provided in the air pump of the passive device in a sealed and watertight manner and electrically connected to the air pump so as to supply electricity required by the air pump.

16. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the passive device further comprises an oscillator, the oscillator being a waterproof structure and an electrically driven oscillating device for generating bubbles, the oscillator being configured to generate ultrasonic energy and thereby excite the water in the water tank to form bubbles,

wherein the receiver is provided in and electrically connected to the oscillator so as to supply electricity required by the oscillator.

17. The water tank structure of claim 16, wherein the oscillator of the passive device has an oscillator upper cover and an oscillator lower cover,

wherein the oscillator upper cover and the oscillator lower cover jointly form a waterproof box structure, and the receiver and the oscillator are provided in the box structure formed by the oscillator upper cover and the oscillator lower cover.

18. The water tank structure of claim 1, further comprising a relay, the relay being a waterproof structure and an electric energy transmitting device configured to resonate with the transmitter, the relay receiving the resonance energy transmitted by the transmitter and transmitting the received resonance energy to a remote electric device configured to resonate with the relay and thereby receive the resonance energy,

wherein:

the relay comprises a relay circuit, the relay circuit comprising a relay coil configured to receive the resonance energy provided by the resonance transmission driving circuit and transmit the received resonance energy in form of resonance energy; and

the relay is provided in the water tank and within the effective range of the resonance energy transmitted by the transmitter, while the receiver of the passive device is disposed within an effective range of the resonance energy transmitted by the relay.

19. The water tank structure of claim 18, wherein the relay further comprises a relay upper cover and a relay lower cover, the relay upper cover being provided at a top end of the relay lower cover such that the relay upper cover and the relay lower cover jointly form a waterproof box structure,

wherein the relay is provided in the box structure formed by the relay upper cover and the relay lower cover.

20. The water tank structure of claim 18, wherein the relay is provided in any element of the water tank.

21. The water tank structure of claim 18, wherein the relay circuit of the relay is arranged in a specific pattern to form a resonance energy field of a specific distribution.

22. The water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the receiver is provided at a bottom part, a top end, or a lateral part of the water tank or in a vicinity of the water tank and is within the effective range of the resonance energy transmitted by the transmitter.

23. The water tank structure of claim 22, wherein the passive device further comprises a water pump, the water pump being an electrically driven water pumping device and having a water tube and a filter,

wherein:

the water pump is electrically connected to the receiver and in communication with the filter;

the water tube is in communication with the water pump and the water tank;

the filter is a filtering device provided on the water tank and configured to draw the water in the water tank and direct the drawn water to the filter; and

water filtered through the filter flows back into the water tank.

24. The water tank structure of claim 22, wherein the passive device further comprises an air pump, the air pump being an electrically driven air pumping device provided on the water tank, the air pump having an air tube,

wherein the air tube is in communication with the air pump and extends below a water surface of the water tank so as for the air pump to draw air through the air tube and discharge the drawn air into the water tank.

25. The water tank structure of claim 22, wherein the receiving circuit and the rectifying circuit of the receiver are formed on a flexible circuit board.

26. The water tank structure of claim 22, wherein the receiver as a whole is formed as a waterproof structure.