AUTOMOBILE POWER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS

• US 20180019616A1
• Filed: 02/23/2016
• Published: 01/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Yasunori, Hiromichi
• Application Number:
  US15/554,622
• Publication Number:
  US 20180019616A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/46 for ICE-powered road vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/05 using capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile

Abstract

An automobile power distribution apparatus includes: a first wireless apparatus that includes a first wireless power supply unit, is disposed in an engine room, and receives a supply of power from a battery disposed in the engine room; a second wireless apparatus that includes a second wireless power supply unit and is disposed in a vehicle interior; and a power distribution apparatus configured to supply power supplied to the second wireless apparatus to an electrical device disposed in the vehicle interior. The first and second wireless power supply units are configured to perform wireless power supply from the first wireless apparatus to the second wireless apparatus, and the first and second wireless apparatuses are disposed so as to be near a partition between the engine room and the vehicle interior, or to be in contact with the partition.

Claims

1. An automobile power distribution apparatus, comprising:

a first wireless apparatus that includes a first wireless power supply unit, is disposed in an engine room, and receives a supply of power from a battery disposed in the engine room;

a second wireless apparatus that includes a second wireless power supply unit and is disposed in a vehicle interior; and

a power distribution apparatus configured to supply power supplied to the second wireless apparatus to an electrical device disposed in the vehicle interior,

wherein the first and second wireless power supply units are configured to perform wireless power supply from the first wireless apparatus to the second wireless apparatus, and

the first and second wireless apparatuses are disposed so as to be near a partition between the engine room and the vehicle interior, or to be in contact with the partition.

2. The automobile power distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first wireless apparatus and the second wireless apparatus respectively include a first wireless communication unit and a second wireless communication unit, and the first and second wireless communication units are configured to wirelessly transmit and receive communication signals between an electrical device disposed in the engine room and the electrical device in the vehicle interior.

3. The automobile power distribution apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the first wireless apparatus and the second wireless apparatus are disposed at mutually-opposing positions on both sides of the partition, and a portion of the partition that is interposed between the first wireless apparatus and the second wireless apparatus is composed of a non-metal portion.

4. The automobile power distribution apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the first and second wireless power supply units are disposed at mutually-opposing positions on both sides of the partition, the first and second wireless communication units are disposed at mutually-opposing positions on both sides of the partition, and the partition includes through holes at a position between the first and second wireless power supply units and a position between the first and second wireless communication units.

5. The automobile power distribution apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the first wireless apparatus includes a first communication control unit that is interposed between the electrical device in the engine room and the first wireless communication unit and is configured to transmit and receive a communication signal, and the second wireless apparatus includes a second communication control unit that is interposed between the electrical device in the vehicle interior and the second wireless communication unit and is configured to transmit and receive a communication signal.

7. The automobile power distribution apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first wireless apparatus includes a first communication control unit that is interposed between the electrical device in the engine room and the first wireless communication unit and is configured to transmit and receive a communication signal, and the second wireless apparatus includes a second communication control unit that is interposed between the electrical device in the vehicle interior and the second wireless communication unit and is configured to transmit and receive a communication signal.

8. The automobile power distribution apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first wireless apparatus includes a first communication control unit that is interposed between the electrical device in the engine room and the first wireless communication unit and is configured to transmit and receive a communication signal, and the second wireless apparatus includes a second communication control unit that is interposed between the electrical device in the vehicle interior and the second wireless communication unit and is configured to transmit and receive a communication signal.

6. An automobile comprising an automobile power distribution apparatus, wherein

the automobile comprises a body having an engine room, a vehicle interior, and a partition between the engine room and the vehicle interior,

the automobile power supply apparatus comprises:

a first wireless apparatus that includes a first wireless power supply unit, is disposed in the engine room, and receives a supply of power from a battery disposed in the engine room;

a second wireless apparatus that includes a second wireless power supply unit and is disposed in the vehicle interior; and

a power distribution apparatus configured to supply power supplied to the second wireless apparatus to an electrical device disposed in the vehicle interior,

the first and second wireless power supply units are configured to perform wireless power supply from the first wireless apparatus to the second wireless apparatus, and

the first and second wireless apparatuses are disposed so as to be near the partition or to be in contact with the partition.