Power receiver, and electronic apparatus and non-contact charger using same

• US 8,283,888 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2007
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Materials Company Limited (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Materials Company Limited (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Inoue, Tetsuo, Kusaka, Takao, Suzuki, Masaharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, Drew A
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRANT, ROBERT J
• Application Number:
  US12/160,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20100156344A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,100 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/36 Electric or magnetic shields or screens movable for varying inductance H01F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/361 made of combinations of electrically conductive material and ferromagnetic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/366 made of ferromagnetic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 5/00 Circuit arrangements for transfer of electric power between ac networks and dc networks H02J3/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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: H02J 7/00302 Overcharge protection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An electronic apparatus (1) includes a power receiver (2) and an electronic apparatus main body (3). The power receiver (2) includes a power receiving coil (11) having a spiral coil, a rectifier (12) and a secondary battery (13). The electronic apparatus main body (3) includes an electronic device (14) and a circuit board (15). A magnetic foil (16) is arranged in at least one position between the spiral coil (11) and one of the secondary battery (13), the rectifier (12), the electronic device (14) and the circuit board (15).

Claims

1. A power receiver, comprising:

a power receiving coil having a planar spiral coil;

a rectifier for rectifying an AC voltage generated in the power receiving coil;

a secondary battery to which a DC voltage rectified by the rectifier is charged; and

a flexible magnetic foil arranged in at least one position between the planar spiral coil and the secondary battery and between the planar spiral coil and the rectifier,

wherein the flexible magnetic foil comprises a laminate including a plurality of magnetic alloy thin strips laminated directly or through an insulation layer,

wherein each of the magnetic alloy thin strips is formed of an amorphous alloy or an Fe-based microcrystalline alloy, and has an average thickness in a range of 5 to 50 μ

m, and

wherein a thickness of the laminate is in a range of 500 μ

m or less, and the thickness of the laminate contains a thickness of the insulation layer when the plural magnetic alloy thin strips are laminated through the insulation layer.

2. The power receiver according to claim 1,

wherein an outer peripheral edge of the magnetic foil is extended to an outside of an outer peripheral portion of the spiral coil.

3. The power receiver according to claim 1,

wherein the magnetic foil has an open portion formed in a position corresponding to a center of the spiral coil.

4. The power receiver according to claim 1,

wherein the magnetic foil has a slit.

5. The power receiver according to claim 1,

wherein the magnetic foil is divided into plural portions.

15. The power receiver according to claim 1,

wherein the magnetic alloy thin strip is produced by quenching a melted alloy.

6. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a power receiver which is provided with a power receiving coil having a planar spiral coil, a rectifier for rectifying an AC voltage generated in the power receiving coil, and a secondary battery to which a DC voltage rectified by the rectifier is charged;

an electronic apparatus main body which is provided with an electronic device operated by the DC voltage supplied from the secondary battery and a circuit board on which the electronic device is mounted; and

a flexible magnetic foil arranged in at least one position between the planar spiral coil and the secondary battery, between the planar spiral coil and the rectifier, between the planar spiral coil and the electronic device; and

between the planar spiral coil and the circuit board,

wherein the flexible magnetic foil comprises a laminate including a plurality of magnetic alloy thin strips laminated directly or through an insulation layer,

wherein each the magnetic alloy thin strips is formed of an amorphous alloy or an Fe-based microcrystalline alloy, and has an average thickness in a range of 5 to 50 μ

m, and

wherein a thickness of the laminate is in a range of 500 μ

m or less, and the thickness of the laminate contains a thickness of the insulation-layer when the plural magnetic alloy thin strips are laminated through the insulation layer.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the magnetic foil is arranged between the spiral coil and the circuit board.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the spiral coil is arranged around the secondary battery, and the magnetic foil is arranged between the spiral coil and the circuit board.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the magnetic foil has a bent portion which is formed by bending an outer peripheral edge of the magnetic foil in a direction opposite to the circuit board.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein an outer peripheral edge of the magnetic foals extended to an outside of an outer, peripheral portion of the spiral coil.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6;

wherein the magnetic foil has an open portion formed in a position corresponding to a center of the spiral coil.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the magnetic foil has a slit.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the magnetic foil is divided into plural portions.

14. A non-contact charger, comprising:

the electronic apparatus according to claim 6; and

a power feeder which is provided with a power supplying coil disposed in non-contact with the power receiving coil of the electronic apparatus, and a power supply for supplying an AC voltage to the power supplying coil,

wherein a magnetic flux generated in the power supplying coil is transmitted to the power receiving coil to transmit electric power in a non-contact state.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the magnetic alloy thin strip is produced by quenching a melted alloy.