POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND POWER TRANSMITTING METHOD

• US 20140333150A1
• Filed: 01/26/2012
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Iwawaki, Keisuke
• Application Number:
  US14/374,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20140333150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/147 electro magnetic [EMI]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/122 Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/22 Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• 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: 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 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A power transmitting apparatus (100, 150) is provided with a first coil (105) and is configured to transmit electric power in a wireless manner to a second coil (204) disposed opposite to and at a distance from the first coil. The power transmitting apparatus is provided with: a first conversion circuit unit (103) configured to convert direct current voltage inputted to the power transmitting apparatus to alternating current voltage; a first capacitor unit (104) electrically connected in series with the first coil; a second capacitor unit (105) electrically connected in parallel with the first coil; and a control unit (120) configured to control electrical characteristics of the second capacitor unit on the basis of electrical characteristics of the first conversion circuit unit.

Claims

1. A power transmitting apparatus comprising a first coil and configured to transmit electric power in a wireless manner to a second coil disposed opposite to and at a distance from the first coil, said power transmitting apparatus further comprising:

a first conversion circuit unit configured to convert direct current voltage inputted to said power transmitting apparatus to alternating current voltage;

a first capacitor unit electrically connected in series with the first coil;

a second capacitor unit electrically connected in parallel with the first coil; and

a control unit configured to control electrical characteristics of the second capacitor unit on the basis of electrical characteristics of the first conversion circuit unit.

2. The power transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein operating frequency of a second conversion circuit unit including the first coil, the first capacitor unit and the first conversion circuit unit is higher than resonance frequency of the first coil.

3. The power transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit reduces capacitance of the second capacitor unit as the electrical characteristics of the second capacitor unit, with decreasing absolute value of an output current value of the first conversion circuit unit at rise or fall of output voltage of the first conversion circuit unit as the electrical characteristics of the first conversion circuit unit.

4. The power transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second capacitor unit includes a variable capacitor, and

the electrical characteristics of the second capacitor unit is capacitance of the variable capacitor.

5. The power transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second capacitor unit includes a plurality of capacitors having difference capacitance, and

the control unit controls electrical connection of the plurality of capacitors such that the capacitance of the second capacitor unit as the electrical characteristics of the second capacitor unit changes on the basis of the electrical characteristics of the first conversion circuit unit.

6. The power transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the electrical characteristics of the second capacitor unit according to a phase difference between output voltage and output current of the first conversion circuit unit as the electrical characteristics of the first conversion circuit unit.

7. A power transmitting method in a power transmitting apparatus comprising a first coil and configured to transmit electric power in a wireless manner to a second coil disposed opposite to and at a distance from the first coil, said power transmitting apparatus comprising:

a first conversion circuit unit configured to convert direct current voltage inputted to said power transmitting apparatus to alternating current voltage;

a first capacitor unit electrically connected in series with the first coil; and

a second capacitor unit electrically connected in parallel with the first coil, said power transmitting method comprising;

a control process of controlling electrical characteristics of the second capacitor unit on the basis of electrical characteristics of the first conversion circuit unit.