Resonator and Wireless Power Transmitting Apparatus

• US 20140252868A1
• Filed: 02/20/2014
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: YAMADA, Akiko, Shijo, Tetsu, Obayashi, Shuichi, Shoki, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US14/185,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20140252868A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• 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 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• 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

Abstract

In one embodiment, a resonator includes a magnetic core, a winding wound around the magnetic core, and a parasitic loop element. The parasitic loop element is arranged so as to be interlinked with magnetic field generated by current flowing through the winding. In the parasitic loop element, an amount of flux linkage is adjusted.

Claims

1. A resonator comprising:

a magnetic core;

a winding wound around the magnetic core; and

a parasitic loop element arranged so as to be interlinked with magnetic field generated by current flowing through the winding, and in which an amount of flux linkage is adjusted.

2. The resonator according to claim 1, further comprising a switch switching opening and closing of a loop of the parasitic loop element.

3. The resonator according to claim 1, wherein the parasitic loop element is arranged on a surface of the magnetic core and rotates around a perpendicular line of the surface of the magnetic core.

4. The resonator according to claim 1, wherein the parasitic loop element is arranged obliquely with respect to the surface of the magnetic core, and an inclination angle with respect to the surface is variable.

5. The resonator according to claim 1,

wherein a plurality of the parasitic loop elements are arranged on the surface of the magnetic core, and

each of the parasitic loop elements has a switch that switches the opening and closing of the loop.

6. The resonator according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of the parasitic loop elements include a parasitic loop element having a first size, and a parasitic loop element having a second size different from the first size.

7. The resonator according to claim 1, wherein the parasitic loop element moves on the surface of the magnetic core.

8. The resonator according to claim 7, wherein the parasitic loop element moves between a central portion and a side portion of the magnetic core along the winding.

9. The resonator according to claim 7, wherein the parasitic loop element moves along a peripheral portion of the magnetic core.

10. A wireless power transmitting apparatus comprising:

a resonator wirelessly transmitting power from a high-frequency power supply with respect to a power receiving apparatus by mutual inductance;

a communication unit communicating a power transmitting status or a power receiving status to the power receiving apparatus; and

a control unit detecting transmission power, and controlling the transmission power based on detected result or received information of the communication unit,

wherein the resonator includes

a coil including a magnetic core, and a winding wound around the magnetic core, and

a parasitic loop element arranged so as to be interlinked with magnetic field generated in the coil, and

the control unit adjusts an amount of flux linkage of the parasitic loop element based on the fluctuation of a resonant frequency of the resonator or the inductance value of the coil.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a switch switching opening and closing of a loop of the parasitic loop element,

wherein the control unit controls on-off of the switch.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the parasitic loop element is arranged on a surface of the magnetic core, and

the control unit rotates the parasitic loop element around a perpendicular line of the surface of the magnetic core.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the parasitic loop element is arranged obliquely with respect to the surface of the magnetic core, and

the control unit controls an inclination angle with respect to the surface.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein a plurality of the parasitic loop elements are provided,

each of the parasitic loop elements has a switch that switches the opening and closing of the loop, and

the control unit controls on-off of each switch.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of the parasitic loop elements include a parasitic loop element having a first size, and a parasitic loop element having a second size different from the first size.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the parasitic loop element is provided movably on the surface of the magnetic core, and

the control unit controls positions of the parasitic loop elements.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the parasitic loop element moves between a central portion and a side portion of the magnetic core along the winding.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the parasitic loop element moves along a peripheral portion of the magnetic core.