Non-contact power reception apparatus for non-contact charging and electronic settlement performed in a single portable terminal

• US 9,356,660 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: Hanrim Postech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Chun-Kil, Kuk, Yoon-Sang
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, ARUN C
• Application Number:
  US14/094,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20140084861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/2871 Pancake coils
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/098 Mandrels; Formers
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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: H02J 7/00304 Overcurrent protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00308 Overvoltage protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49071 by winding or coiling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53265 with work-holder for assembly

Abstract

A non-contact power reception apparatus is provided, in which a power reception coil for a charging system and a loop antenna for an electronic settlement system are mounted on a battery pack and a cover case of a portable terminal such that the power reception coil is arranged in the center thereof and the loop antenna is disposed outside the power reception coil, so that a mode of receiving a wireless power signal and a mode of transmitting and receiving data are selectively performed, thereby preventing interference from harmonic components and enabling non-contact charging and electronic settlement using a single portable terminal. A jig for fabricating a core to be mounted to the non-contact power reception apparatus is provided.

Claims

1. A non-contact power reception apparatus comprising:

a terminal body capable of performing wireless communication, the terminal body including a second connector module, a third connector module, a rectification block, a received-power control block, a charging control block and a data processing block;

a battery pack supplying electric energy to the terminal body, the battery pack including a first connector module and a common transmission and reception block; and

a cover case for protecting the battery pack;

wherein, the first connector module is electrically connected to the second connector module and the third connector module, and the second connector module is electrically connected to the third connector module,

wherein the common transmission and reception block comprises;

a power reception coil receiving the wireless power signal;

a loop antenna for transmitting and receiving the data;

a mode switching unit selecting any one of the power reception coil and the loop antenna and allowing electrical connection to either one of the rectification block and the data processing block; and

a mode control unit detecting a received-voltage of the power reception coil and controlling a switching operation of the mode switching unit.

2. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 1, wherein the common transmission and reception block selectively performs a mode of receiving a wireless power signal and a mode of transmitting and receiving data, the rectification block rectifies the power signal by the common transmission and reception block in the mode of receiving the wireless power signal, the received-power control block controls the power signal rectified by the rectification block, the charging control block controls charging of the battery pack using electric energy of the power signal controlled by the received-power control block, and the data processing block transmits and receives the data to an external electronic device via the common transmission and reception block in the mode of transmitting and receiving data.

3. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 2, wherein the data is a data for electronic settlement.

4. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rectification block, the received-power control block, and the charging control block are sequentially arranged in the terminal body to extend from the third connector module to the second connector module.

5. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 4, wherein the data processing module is arranged between the third connector module and the received-power module.

6. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mode control unit performs a control operation so that,

if the detected-received voltage is higher than a reference voltage, the mode switching unit performs the switching operation to electrically connect the power reception coil and the rectification block.

7. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 6, wherein the mode control unit performs the control operation so that,

if the detected-received voltage is lower than the reference voltage, the mode switching unit performs the switching operation to electrically connect the loop antenna and the data processing block.

8. A non-contact power reception apparatus comprising:

a terminal body capable of performing wireless communication, the terminal body including a second connector module, a third connector module, a rectification block, a received-power control block, a charging control block and a data processing block;

a battery pack supplying electric energy to the terminal body, the battery pack including a first connector module; and

a cover case for protecting the battery pack, the cover case including a fourth connector module and a common transmission and reception block;

wherein, the fourth connector module is electrically connected to the third connector module, the third connector module is electrically connected to the second connector module, and the second connector module is electrically connected to the first connector module,

wherein the common transmission and reception block comprises;

a power reception coil receiving the wireless power signal;

a loop antenna for transmitting and receiving the data;

a mode switching unit selecting any one of the power reception coil and the loop antenna and allowing electrical connection to either one of the rectification block and the data processing block; and

a mode control unit detecting a received-voltage of the power reception coil and controlling a switching operation of the mode switching unit.

9. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 8, wherein the common transmission and reception block selectively performs a mode of receiving a wireless power signal and a mode of transmitting and receiving data, the rectification block rectifies the power signal by the common transmission and reception block in the mode of receiving the wireless power signal, the received-power control block controls the power signal rectified by the rectification block, the charging control block controls charging of the battery pack using electric energy of the power signal controlled by the received-power control block, and the data processing block transmits and receives the data to an external electronic device via the common transmission and reception block in the mode of transmitting and receiving data.

10. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 9, wherein the data is a data for electronic settlement.

11. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 8, wherein the rectification block, the received-power control block, and the charging control block are sequentially arranged in the terminal body to extend from the third connector module to the second connector module.

12. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data processing module is arranged between the third connector module and the received-power module.

13. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 8, wherein the mode control unit performs a control operation so that,

if the detected-received voltage is higher than a reference voltage, the mode switching unit performs the switching operation to electrically connect the power reception coil and the rectification block.

14. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 13, wherein the mode control unit performs the control operation so that,

if the detected-received voltage is lower than the reference voltage, the mode switching unit performs the switching operation to electrically connect the loop antenna and the data processing block.

15. The non-contact power reception apparatus of claim 14, wherein the mode control unit includes a voltage detector for detecting the received-voltage of the power reception coil, comparing the detected received-voltage with the reference voltage and outputting the comparison result.