CONTROLLING A CONTACTLESS ENERGY TRANSMISSION BY MEANS OF A CHARACTERISTIC OF A RESONANT CIRCUIT
First Claim
1. A circuit for transmitting an input voltage (36) from an electrical energy source (64) in a stator (4, 55) to a load (70) within a device (6) movable relative to the stator (4, 55), comprising:
- an actuating element (34) for converting an input voltage (36) into a transmission voltage (9),a resonant circuit (24) for receiving the transmission voltage (9), wherein the resonant circuit (24) contains a capacitance (22) and a primary winding (10) of a transformer (8), andthe transformer (8) comprising the primary winding (10) and a secondary winding (12), wherein the primary winding (10) is provided for transmitting the transmission voltage (9) to the secondary winding (12) and the secondary winding (12) is provided for delivering the received transmission voltage as an output voltage to the load (70),wherein the actuating element (34) is provided for adjusting the frequency (27) of the transmission voltage (9) in such a manner that the transmission ratio (25) of the resonant circuit (24) remains essentially constant between the transmission voltage and the output voltage for a predetermined load range of values of.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a circuit for transmitting an input voltage (36) from an electrical energy source (64) in a stator (4, 55) to a load (70) within a device (6) movable relative to the stator (4, 55) comprising an control element (34) for converting an input voltage (36) into a transmission voltage (9), a resonant circuit (24) for receiving the transmission voltage (9), wherein the resonant circuit (24) contains a capacitor (22) and a primary winding (10) of a transformer (8) and the transformer (8) having the primary winding (10) and a secondary winding (12), wherein the primary winding (10) is provided for transmitting the transmission voltage (9) to the secondary winding (12) and the secondary winding (12) is provided for supplying the received transmission voltage (20) to the load (70). According to the invention, the actuator element (34) is provided for detecting the input voltage (36) and adjusting the frequency (27) of the transmission voltage (9) based on a control characteristic (45) in such a manner that the amplitude of the load voltage (20) dropping at the load (70) remains substantially constant, wherein in the control characteristic (45) the transmission ratio (25) of the resonant circuit (24) is plotted over the frequency (27) to be adjusted.
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30 Claims
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1. A circuit for transmitting an input voltage (36) from an electrical energy source (64) in a stator (4, 55) to a load (70) within a device (6) movable relative to the stator (4, 55), comprising:
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an actuating element (34) for converting an input voltage (36) into a transmission voltage (9), a resonant circuit (24) for receiving the transmission voltage (9), wherein the resonant circuit (24) contains a capacitance (22) and a primary winding (10) of a transformer (8), and the transformer (8) comprising the primary winding (10) and a secondary winding (12), wherein the primary winding (10) is provided for transmitting the transmission voltage (9) to the secondary winding (12) and the secondary winding (12) is provided for delivering the received transmission voltage as an output voltage to the load (70), wherein the actuating element (34) is provided for adjusting the frequency (27) of the transmission voltage (9) in such a manner that the transmission ratio (25) of the resonant circuit (24) remains essentially constant between the transmission voltage and the output voltage for a predetermined load range of values of. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for transmitting an input voltage (36) from an electrical energy source (64) in a stator (4) to a load (70) within a device (6) movable relative to the stator (4), comprising:
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converting the input voltage (36) into a transmission voltage (9), receiving the transmission voltage (9) with a resonant circuit (24) which contains a capacitance (22) and a primary winding (10) of a transformer (8), transmitting the transmission voltage (9) to a secondary winding (12) of the resonant circuit (24), delivering the transmission voltage (9) received by the secondary winding (12) to the load (70), and adjusting the frequency (27) of the transmission voltage (9) in such a manner that the transmission ratio (25) of the resonant circuit (24) remains essentially constant for a predetermined range of values of a load which can be connected to the secondary winding (12) so that the transmission ratio (25) of the resonant circuit (24) is independent of the load within the predetermined range of values.
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