POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

• US 20140239728A1
• Filed: 03/27/2012
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Equos Research Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Equos Research Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamakawa, Hiroyuki, Ito, Yasuo
• Application Number:
  US14/008,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20140239728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/14 Boost converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/04 Cutting off the power supply under fault conditions protective devices and circuit arrangements in general H01H; H02H
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/30 Constructional details of charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/36 by positioning the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/00 Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/36 Electric or magnetic shields or screens movable for varying inductance H01F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/366 made of ferromagnetic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00714 in response to battery charging or discharging current
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007182 in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/52 using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers
• 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 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 : Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 : Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 : Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

Provided is a power transmission system that can determine an optimal frequency for power transmission, and transmit power efficiently.

The power transmission system of the present invention includes: an inverter unit 130 that converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage of a predetermined frequency to output; a power-transmission antenna 140 into which the AC voltage is input from the inverter unit 130; and a power-transmission control unit 150 that controls a frequency of an AC voltage output by the inverter unit 130, with electric energy being transmitted via an electromagnetic field from the power-transmission antenna 140 to a power-reception antenna that faces the power-transmission antenna 140, wherein the power-transmission control unit 150 controls in such a way as to select a frequency at which an antenna unit works as a constant voltage source when seen from a load side, to transmit power.

Claims

1. A power transmission system, comprising:

an inverter unit that converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage of a predetermined frequency to output;

a power-transmission antenna into which the AC voltage is input from the inverter unit; and

a control unit that controls a frequency of an AC voltage output by the inverter unit, with electric energy being transmitted via an electromagnetic field from the power-transmission antenna to a power-reception antenna that faces the power-transmission antenna, wherein

the control unit controls in such a way as to select a frequency at which an antenna unit works as a constant voltage source when seen from a load side, to transmit power.