Noncontact charging device with temperature detection

• US 8,089,245 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2008
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group), Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group), Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kato, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Kuniharu, Suzuki, Katsuya, Yamazaki, Manabu, Kondo, Yoichiro, Onishi, Kota, Yoda, Kentaro, Jin, Mikimoto, Kamijo, Takahiro, Sogabe, Haruhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, ARUN C
• Application Number:
  US12/007,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20080164839A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2027/406 Temperature sensor or protection
• 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 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007192 in response to temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage

Abstract

A noncontact charging device includes a mounting portion, a primary transmission coil, a temperature-detecting element, and a control unit. A device charged in a noncontact manner is mounted on the mounting portion. The primary transmission coil supplies power to a secondary transmission coil provided to the device by the use of electromagnetic induction. The temperature-detecting element detects a temperature of a material mounted on the mounting portion. The control unit is configured to supply power to the primary transmission coil and terminate the power supply to the primary transmission coil when a predetermined temperature is detected by the temperature-detecting element. The temperature-detecting element is located on a side of a contact surface between the mounting portion and the primary transmission coil, and the center of the temperature-detecting element is located within a range of the diameter of the primary transmission coil from the center position of the primary transmission coil.

Claims

1. A noncontact charging device, comprising:

a mounting portion on which a device charged in a noncontact manner is mounted;

a magnetic sheet;

a flexible printed-circuit board;

a primary transmission coil for supplying power to a secondary transmission coil provided to the device by the use of electromagnetic induction, the primary transmission coil disposed between and adhesively connected to the magnetic sheet and the flexible printed-circuit board;

a spot-shaped temperature-detecting element formed as a temperature-detecting spot either embedded in the conductor pattern of the flexible printed-circuit board or disposed on and adhesively connected to and between the flexible printed-circuit board and the primary transmission coil; and

control means for carrying out control of supplying power to the primary transmission coil and terminating the power supply to the primary transmission coil when a predetermined temperature is detected by the spot-shaped temperature-detecting element, wherein

the primary transmission coil has an inner-most coil defining an inner coil diameter and extends radially outwardly therefrom to terminate in an outer-most coil defining an outer coil diameter to form an annular area of a plurality of primary transmission coil segments wrapped around in sequential contact with one another, and

the spot-shaped temperature-detecting element extends, as viewed in cross-section, radially and contacts any one of the plurality of primary transmission coil segments in the annular area for detecting a temperature of the primary transmission coil segment at the location of contact.

2. A noncontact charging device according to claim 1,

wherein the control means carries out control of acquiring a temperature detection output from the temperature-detecting element at predetermined intervals, detecting an amount of increase in temperature at the intervals, and terminating the power supply to the primary transmission coil when the amount of increase in temperature is equal to or more than a predetermined amount of increase in temperature.

3. A noncontact charging device according to claim 1,

wherein the primary transmission coil includes a plurality of conductor patterns stacked on a flexible printed-circuit board.

4. A noncontact charging device according to claim 1, wherein each one of the plurality of primary transmission coil segments has a coil segment diameter as viewed in cross-section and the spot-shaped temperature-detecting element extends, as viewed in cross-section, radially at a distance approximately equal to the coil segment diameter.

5. A noncontact charging device, comprising:

a mounting portion on which a device charged in a noncontact manner is mounted;

a magnetic sheet;

a flexible printed-circuit board;

a primary transmission coil for supplying power to a secondary transmission coil provided to the device by the use of electromagnetic induction, the primary transmission coil disposed between and adhesively connected to the magnetic sheet and the flexible printed-circuit board;

a spot-shaped temperature-detecting element formed as a temperature-detecting spot either embedded in the conductor pattern of the flexible printed-circuit board or disposed on and adhesively connected to and between the flexible printed-circuit board and the primary transmission coil; and

a control unit configured to supply power to the primary transmission coil and terminate the power supply to the primary transmission coil when a predetermined temperature is detected by the spot-shaped temperature-detecting element, wherein

the primary transmission coil has an inner-most coil defining an inner coil diameter and extends radially outwardly therefrom to terminate in an outer-most coil defining an outer coil diameter to form an annular area of a plurality of primary transmission coil segments wrapped around in sequential contact with one another, and

the spot-shaped temperature-detecting element extends, as viewed in cross-section, radially and contacts any one of the plurality of primary transmission coil segments in the annular area for detecting a temperature of the primary transmission coil segment at the location of contact.

6. A noncontact charging device according to claim 5, wherein each one of the plurality of primary transmission coil segments has a coil segment diameter as viewed in cross-section and the spot-shaped temperature-detecting element extends, as viewed in cross-section, radially at a distance approximately equal to the coil segment diameter.