Resonance type non-contact charging device

• US 8,421,411 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Takada, Kazuyoshi, Suzuki, Sadanori, Nakata, Kenichi, Sakoda, Shimpei, Yamamoto, Yukihiro, Ichikawa, Shinji, Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Muralidar, Richard V
• Application Number:
  US13/492,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20120242287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 312 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108, 320/109, 191/10, 180/65.21, 180/65.27, 180/65.29, 180/65.31, 180/65.1, 455/41.1, 903/907
• US Class Current: 320/108
• 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 53/126 Methods for pairing a vehicle and a charging station, e.g. establishing a one-to-one relation between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• 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 resonance type non-contact charging device includes a high frequency power source, a primary side resonant coil, a secondary side resonant coil, a charger, a secondary battery, and a stop control unit. The primary side resonant coil receives supply of high frequency electric power from the high frequency power source. The secondary side resonant coil is arranged apart from the primary side resonant coil in a non-contact manner. The secondary side resonant coil receives electric power from the primary side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance between the primary side resonant coil and the secondary side resonant coil. The charger receives supply of high frequency electric power from the secondary side resonant coil. The secondary battery is connected to the charger. The stop control unit stops the high frequency power source before stopping the charger when charging is to be stopped.

Claims

1. A non-contact power reception device that receives electric power from a power transmission device having a primary side coil receiving electric power from a power source, the non-contact power reception device comprising:

a secondary side coil configured to receive electric power from the primary side coil through a magnetic field;

a charger configured to receive the electric power received at the secondary side coil; and

a control unit configured to stop the charger after the power source is stopped when charging is to be stopped.

2. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, wherein when charging is to be stopped, the control unit stops the charger a predetermined time after the power source is stopped,

3. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, wherein the secondary side coil and the charger are mounted on a vehicle.

4. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 3, wherein the secondary side coil and the charger are mounted at a front side of the vehicle.

5. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 4, wherein the secondary side coil and the charger are mounted inside a bumper of the vehicle.

6. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 3, wherein a central axis of the secondary side coil is parallel to a vertical direction of the vehicle.

7. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, wherein the secondary side coil is formed of a copper wire.

8. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, wherein the secondary side coil is wound in a helical form.

9. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 4, wherein the secondary side coil is wound in a helical form.

10. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 9, wherein a central axis of the secondary side coil is parallel to a vertical direction of the vehicle.

11. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, further comprising a rectifier connected to the secondary side coil.

12. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 11, wherein the charger is connected to the rectifier.

13. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, further comprising a battery connected to the charger.

14. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, further comprising a capacitor connected to the secondary side coil.

15. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 13, wherein charging is stopped when the battery is fully charged.

16. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, wherein charging is stopped by at least one of a charging stop switch, an error signal, and an ignition switch.

17. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, wherein the secondary side coil is wound as a flat spiral.

18. The non-contact power reception device according to claim 1, wherein the secondary side coil is formed as one of a circle, a rectangle, a hexagon, a triangle, and an ellipse.

19. A non-contact power reception device that receives electric power from a power transmission device, the non-contact power reception device comprising:

a secondary side coil configured to receive electric power from a power transmission device through a magnetic field;

a charger configured to receive the electric power received at the secondary side coil; and

a control unit configured to stop the charger after the power transmission device is stopped when charging is to be stopped.