Power transmission apparatus, power reception apparatus and power transmission system

• US 9,257,850 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sato, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): CAVALLARI, DANIEL J
• Application Number:
  US12/890,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20110080052A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,964 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

A power transmission apparatus including a power transmitting unit which includes an induction unit which receives an electrical energy from an external power source by induction and a magnetic resonance unit which transmits the electrical energy to an external receiving unit by magnetic resonance.

Claims

1. A power receiving apparatus that receives power from a power transmitter wirelessly and inductively comprising:

a resonance circuit including a first coil and having a resonant frequency for wirelessly receiving electrical energy by means of electromagnetic resonance coupling and generating an oscillating electromagnetic field around the first coil; and

a power reception circuit, the power reception circuit including a second coil, a bridge rectification circuit coupled to the second coil, and a smoothing capacitor coupled to the bridge rectification circuit, the second coil being electrically between the resonance circuit and the bridge rectification circuit, and the second coil being inductively coupled to the resonance circuit to wirelessly receive the electrical energy from the resonance circuit by means of inductance of the oscillating electromagnetic filed around the first coil,

wherein,

the resonance circuit is disposed in a first housing,

the power reception circuit is disposed in a second housing,

the first and second housings are physically separate from each other,

the first coil has a diameter of about 0.44 m,

the second coil has a diameter of 0.44 m or less, and

the resonant frequency of the second resonance circuit is 13.56 MHz or 120 KHz.

2. The power reception apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first housing is made of a material having a low dielectric constant.

3. The power reception apparatus of claim 2, wherein the material is a plastic material.

4. A power transmission system comprising:

(a) a power transmission apparatus including a first resonance circuit; and

(b) a power receiving apparatus that wirelessly and inductively receives power from the power transmission apparatus and includes (1) a second resonance circuit, and (2) a power reception circuit,

wherein,

in the power transmission apparatus, the first resonance circuit includes a first coil and has a first resonant frequency for wirelessly transmitting electrical energy to the second resonance circuit, and

in the power receiving apparatus,

(i) the second resonance circuit includes a second coil and has a second resonant frequency for wirelessly receiving the electrical energy from the first resonance circuit by means of electromagnetic resonance coupling and generating an oscillating electromagnetic field around the second coil,

(ii) the power reception circuit includes a third coil, a bridge rectification circuit coupled to the third coil, and a smoothing capacitor coupled to the bridge rectification circuit, the third coil being electrically between the second resonance circuit and the bridge rectification circuit, and the third coil being inductively coupled to the second resonance circuit to wirelessly receive the electrical energy from the second resonance circuit by means of inductance of the oscillating electromagnetic filed around the second coil,

(iii) the second resonance circuit is disposed in a first housing,

(iv) the power reception circuit is disposed in a second housing,

(vi) the first and second housings are physically separate from each other,

(vii) the second coil has a diameter of about 0.44 m,

(viii) the third coil has a diameter of 0.44 m or less, and

(ix) the resonant frequency of the second resonance circuit is 13.56 MHz or 120 KHz.

5. The power transmission system of claim 4, wherein the power transmission apparatus and the power receiving apparatus are physically spaced from each other by a given distance.

6. The power transmission system of claim 5, wherein the given distance between the power transmission apparatus and the power receiving apparatus is 2.2 m or less.

7. The power transmission system of claim 4, wherein the first housing is made of a material having a low dielectric constant.

8. The power transmission system of claim 7, wherein the material is a plastic material.

9. The power transmission system of claim 4, wherein the first resonant frequency and the second resonant frequency are equal to each other.