Power relaying apparatus, power transmission system and method for manufacturing power relaying apparatus

• US 9,077,193 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Uramoto, Yoichi, Narikiyo, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mourad, Rasem
• Application Number:
  US13/178,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20120013198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,460 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/50 using additional energy repeaters between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a power relaying apparatus provided between: a power supplying apparatus including a power supplying resonance device and a power supplying power supply section for supplying an AC current to the power supplying resonance device; and a power receiving apparatus having a power receiving resonance device for receiving a power from the power supplying apparatus by adoption of a resonance method, the power relaying apparatus including a power relaying resonance device resonating between the power supplying resonance device and the power receiving resonance device, wherein the power relaying resonance device is fixed at a predetermined position by making use of an insulation member.

Claims

1. A power relaying apparatus arranged between (a) a power supplying apparatus including a power supplying resonance device and a power supplying power supply section for supplying an AC current to the power supplying resonance device, and (b) a power receiving apparatus having a power receiving resonance device for receiving power from the power supplying apparatus by a resonance method, the power relaying apparatus comprising:

a plurality of power relaying resonance devices with each disposed and resonating between the power supplying resonance device and the power receiving resonance device; and

a pipe-shaped holding body configured from an insulation member that electrically insulates the power relaying resonance devices at resonance,

wherein,

the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are enclosed inside the pipe-shaped holding body, and

the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are disposed at respective predetermined positions within the pipe-shaped holding body.

2. The power relaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the said insulation member is made from glass or from an insulator material.

3. The power relaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are positioned at equal intervals inside the pipe-shaped holding body.

5. The power relaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are fixed at the respective predetermined positions on an inside surface of the pipe-shaped holding body.

6. The power relaying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of power relaying resonance devices is attached to the inside surface of the pipe-shaped holding body via an adhesion bond.

4. A power transmission system comprising:

a power supplying apparatus including a power supplying resonance device and a power supplying power supply section for supplying an AC current to the power supplying resonance device;

a power receiving apparatus including a power receiving resonance device for receiving power from the power supplying apparatus by a resonance method;

a power relaying apparatus arranged between the power supplying apparatus and the power receiving apparatus, the power relaying apparatus including a plurality of power relaying resonance devices with each disposed and resonating between the power supplying resonance device and the power receiving resonance device; and

a pipe-shaped holding body configured from an insulation member that electrically insulates the power relaying resonance devices at resonance,

wherein,

the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are enclosed inside the pipe-shaped holding body, and

the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are disposed at respective predetermined positions within the pipe-shaped holding body.

7. The power transmission system according to claim 4, wherein the insulation member is made from glass or from an insulator material.

8. The power transmission system according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are positioned at equal intervals inside the pipe-shaped holding body.

9. The power transmission system according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are fixed at the respective predetermined positions on an inside surface of the pipe-shaped holding body.

10. The power transmission system according to claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of power relaying resonance devices is attached to the inside surface of the pipe-shaped holding body via an adhesion bond.