Electrical powered vehicle and power feeding device for vehicle

• US 8,008,888 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Oyobe, Hichirosai, Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso; Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Torres Ruiz; Johali A
• Application Number:
  US12/681,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20100225271A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108
• US Class Current: 320/108
• 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 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/147 electro magnetic [EMI]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• 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: B60M 1/36 Single contact pieces along the line for power supply
• CPC Class Codes: B60M 7/003 for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/006 with special arrangement or spacing of turns of the winding(s), e.g. to produce desired self-resonance
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/38 Auxiliary core members; Auxiliary coils or windings
• 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: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• 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

Abstract

An electrical powered vehicle includes a secondary self-resonant coil, a secondary coil, a rectifier, and a power storage device. The secondary self-resonant coil is configured to be magnetically coupled with a primary self-resonant coil of a power feeding device by magnetic field resonance, and allow reception of high frequency power from the primary self-resonant coil. The secondary coil is configured to allow reception of electric power from the secondary self-resonant coil by electromagnetic induction. The rectifier rectifies the electric power received by the secondary coil. The power storage device stores the electric power rectified by the rectifier.

Claims

1. An electrical powered vehicle comprising:

a secondary self-resonant coil configured to be magnetically coupled with a primary self-resonant coil external to a vehicle by magnetic field resonance, and allow reception of electric power from said primary self-resonant coil,

a secondary coil configured to allow reception of electric power from said secondary self-resonant coil by electromagnetic induction,

a rectifier for rectifying electric power received by said secondary coil,

a power storage device for storing electric power rectified by said rectifier, and

an electric motor for receiving supply of electric power from said power storage device to generate a driving force of the vehicle,

an adjustment device configured to allow adjustment of a resonant frequency of said secondary self-resonant coil by modifying at least one of a capacitance and inductance of said secondary self-resonant coil,

an electric power detection device for detecting electric power received by said secondary self-resonant coil and said secondary coil, and

a control device for controlling said adjustment device such that electric power detected by said electric power detection device is at a maximum.

2. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the number of windings of said secondary self-resonant coil is set based on a voltage of said power storage device, a distance between said primary self-resonant coil and said secondary self-resonant coil, and a resonant frequency of said primary self-resonant coil and said secondary self-resonant coil.

3. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising reflective means formed at a rear side of said secondary self-resonant coil and said secondary coil with respect to a power receiving direction from said primary self-resonant coil, for allowing reflection of a magnetic flux output from said primary self-resonant coil to said secondary self-resonant coil.

4. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said secondary self-resonant coil is disposed at a lower portion of a body of the vehicle.

5. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said secondary self-resonant coil is disposed in a hollow tire of a wheel.

6. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of sets of said secondary self-resonant coil and said secondary coil are provided, and the plurality of secondary coils are connected to said rectifier parallel with each other.

7. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a voltage converter arranged between said secondary coil and said power storage device to carry out a boosting operation or down-converting operation based on a voltage of said power storage device.

8. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first relay disposed between said power storage device and said electric motor, and

a second relay disposed between said power storage device and said secondary coil,

wherein, when said first relay is turned on and said electric motor is driven by electric power of said power storage device, said second relay is turned on together with said first relay.