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

• US 9,577,439 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2015
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• 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:
  US14/724,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20150263538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• 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, comprising:

a plurality of power relaying resonance devices disposed between a power supplying device and a power receiving device, wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are configured to resonate between the power supplying device and the power receiving device; and

a holding body configured from an insulation member configured to electrically insulate the plurality of power relaying resonance devices at resonance,

wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are enclosed inside the holding body, and

wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are disposed at respective determined positions within the holding body to relay power.

2. The power relaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the insulation member is made from at least one of glass or 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 holding body.

4. A power transmission system, comprising:

a power supplying apparatus, comprising;

a power supplying resonance device; and

a power supplying power supply section configured to supply an AC current to the power supplying resonance device;

a power receiving apparatus which comprises a power receiving resonance device configured to receive 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,

wherein the power relaying apparatus comprises a plurality of power relaying resonance devices,

wherein each of the plurality of power relaying resonance devices is disposed between the power supplying resonance device and the power receiving resonance device and is configured to resonate between the power supplying resonance device and the power receiving resonance device; and

a holding body configured from an insulation member configured to electrically insulate the plurality of power relaying resonance devices at resonance,

wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are enclosed inside the holding body, and

wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are disposed at respective determined positions within the holding body.

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

6. The power transmission system according to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of power relaying resonance devices is attached to the inside surface of the holding body by means of an adhesion bond.

7. The power transmission system according to claim 4, wherein the insulation member is made from at least one of glass or 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 holding body.

9. The power transmission system according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of power relaying resonance devices are fixed at the respective determined positions on an inside surface of a 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 an inside surface of the holding body by means of an adhesion bond.