Wireless power repeater

• US 9,112,542 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nera Innovations Limited (Atlantic IP Services Limited)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Leem, Sung Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pacheco, Rafael
• Application Number:
  US13/630,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20130088089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104, 250/515.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A wireless power repeater for transferring power from a wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver according to the embodiment includes a repeater resonant unit resonance-coupled with the wireless power transmitter for transferring the received power to the wireless power receiver, and a first shielding unit having a shape to be transformed according to pressure applied to the wireless power repeater for adjusting an amount of a magnetic field transferred from the repeater resonant unit to the wireless power receiver.

Claims

1. A wireless power repeater for transferring power from a wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power repeater comprising:

a repeater resonant unit resonance-coupled with the wireless power transmitter for transferring received power to the wireless power receiver;

a first shielding unit configured such that, when pressure is applied to the wireless power repeater, a shape of the first shielding unit transforms and an amount of a magnetic field transferred from the repeater resonant unit to the wireless power receiver is adjusted; and

a second shielding unit connected to the first shielding unit and having a shape for receiving the repeater resonant unit;

wherein, when the shape of the first shielding unit is transformed applied to the wireless power repeater, an amount of the magnetic field transferred to the wireless power receiver and an amount of the magnetic field leaked to an outside is adjusted.

2. The wireless power repeater of claim 1, wherein the first shielding unit is configured such that, when pressure is applied to a top side of the wireless power repeater, a shape of the first shielding unit transforms and an amount of a magnetic field transferred from the repeater resonant unit to the wireless power receiver is adjusted.

3. The wireless power repeater of claim 2, wherein, when the pressure is applied to the top side of the wireless power repeater, the first shielding unit is compressively transformed so the amount of the magnetic field transferred to the wireless power receiver is increased as compared with a case where the pressure is not applied to the top side of the wireless power repeater.

4. The wireless power repeater of claim 2, wherein, when the pressure is not applied to the top side of the wireless power repeater, the first shielding unit is relaxedly transformed to adjust the amount of the magnetic field to be leaked to an outside.

5. The wireless power repeater of claim 4, wherein the first shielding unit is relaxedly transformed to change a direction of the magnetic field generated from the repeater resonant unit so that the amount of the magnetic field to be leaked to the outside is adjusted.

6. The wireless power repeater of claim 1, wherein the first shielding unit has a cylindrical spring structure or a conical spring structure.

7. The wireless power repeater of claim 1, wherein the second shielding unit has one of a cylindrical shape and a hexahedral shape.

8. The wireless power repeater of claim 1, wherein the first and second shielding units comprise a ferrite.

9. A wireless power repeater for transferring power from a wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power repeater comprising:

a plurality of repeating units which are arranged adjacent to each other,

wherein at least one of the repeating units comprises;

a repeater resonant unit resonance-coupled with the wireless power transmitter for transferring received power to the wireless power receiver; and

a first shielding unit configured such that, when pressure is applied to the wireless power repeater, a shape of the first shielding unit transforms and an amount of a magnetic field transferred from the repeater resonant unit to the wireless power receiver is adjusted; and

a second shielding unit connected to the first shielding unit and having a shape for receiving the repeater resonant unit;

wherein, when the shape of the first shielding unit is transformed by pressure applied to the wireless power repeater, an amount of the magnetic field transferred to the wireless power receiver and an amount of the magnetic field leaked to an outside is adjusted.

10. The wireless power repeater of claim 9, wherein the first shielding unit is configured such that when pressure is applied to a top side of the wireless power repeater, a shape of the first shielding unit transforms and an amount of a magnetic field transferred from the repeater resonant unit to the wireless power receiver is adjusted.

11. The wireless power repeater of claim 10, wherein, when the pressure is applied to the top side of the wireless power repeater, the first shielding unit is compressively transformed so the amount of the magnetic field transferred to the wireless power receiver is increased as compared with a case where the pressure is not applied to the top side of the wireless power repeater.

12. The wireless power repeater of claim 10, wherein, when the pressure is not applied to the top side of the wireless power repeater, the first shielding unit is relaxedly transformed to adjust the amount of the magnetic field to be leaked to an outside.

13. The wireless power repeater of claim 12, wherein the first shielding unit is relaxedly transformed to change a direction of the magnetic field generated from the repeater resonant unit so that the amount of the magnetic field to be leaked to the outside is adjusted.

14. The wireless power repeater of claim 9, wherein the first shielding unit has a cylindrical spring structure or a conical spring structure.

15. The wireless power repeater of claim 9, wherein the second shielding unit has one of a cylindrical shape and a hexahedral shape.

16. The wireless power repeater of claim 15, wherein the first and second shielding units comprise a ferrite.