Device and method for wirelessly transmitting power

• US 9,660,479 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: Hanrim Postech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Chun-Kil
• Primary Examiner(s): Memula, Suresh
• Application Number:
  US14/367,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20140368164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,614 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• 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 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source

Abstract

There is provided a wireless power transmitting device capable of simply being carried by a user and wirelessly transmitting a power to a power receiving device with a high transmission efficiency regardless of time and space. The wireless power transmitting device includes a power storage unit configured to store a direct current power, and a power transmitting unit configured to be operated by the direct current power stored in the power storage unit and to wirelessly transmit the power to a power receiving device.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmitting device comprising:

a power storage unit configured to store a direct current power; and

a power transmitting unit configured to be operated by the direct current power stored in the power storage unit and to wirelessly transmit the power to a power receiving device,

wherein the power storage unit and the power transmitting unit are respectively provided in separate cases, and

wherein the power storage unit and the power transmitting unit are connected by a cable or combined slidably.

2. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 1,

wherein the power storage unit includes:

an alternating/direct current converter configured to convert an external alternating current power to a direct current power;

a battery configured to store the direct current power and to output the stored direct current power to the power transmitting unit; and

a charging unit configured to charge the battery with the direct current power converted by the alternating/direct current converter under the control of the power transmitting unit.

3. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 1,

wherein the power transmitting unit includes:

a power transmitting coil configured to wirelessly transmit an alternating current power; and

a power transmitting controller configured to apply the alternating current power to the power transmitting coil to control such that the applied alternating current is transmitted.

4. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 3,

wherein the power transmitting unit further includes:

a driving driver configured to amplify a PWM driving signal generated by the power transmitting controller; and

a series resonance type converter configured to switch the direct current power stored in the power storage unit to generate the alternating current power in response to the PWM signal amplified by the driving driver, and to apply the generated alternating current power to the power transmitting coil.

5. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 3,

wherein the power transmitting unit further includes:

a second signal receiving unit configured to receive a signal transmitted from the power receiving device through the power transmitting coil to provide the received signal to the power transmitting controller; and

a second signal transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal generated by the power transmitting controller to the power receiving device through the power transmitting coil.

6. A wireless power transmitting device comprising:

a power storage unit configured to store a direct current power; and

a power transmitting unit configured to be operated by the direct current power stored in the power storage unit and to wirelessly transmit the power to a power receiving device,

wherein the power storage unit includes;

a power receiving coil configured to wirelessly receive an external alternating current power;

a rectifier configured to rectify the alternating current power received by the power receiving coil to the direct current power;

a battery configured to store the direct current power and to output the stored direct current power to the power transmitting unit; and

a charging unit configured to charge the battery with the direct current power rectified by the rectifier under the control of the power transmitting unit, and

wherein the power storage unit further includes;

a first signal receiving unit configured to receive a signal transmitted from an external wireless power transmitting device through the power receiving coil to provide the received signal to the power transmitting unit; and

a first signal, transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal generated by the power transmitting unit to the outside through the power receiving coil.

7. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 6,

wherein the power storage unit further includes:

an alternating/direct current converter configured to convert the external alternating current power into the direct current power; and

a power transmitting switch that is provided between the alternating/direct current converter and the charging unit to be switched under the control of the power transmitting unit.

8. A method for wirelessly transmitting a power, the method comprising:

charging a battery with a power received by a power receiving coil from the outside under the control of a power transmitting controller;

charging, by the power transmitting controller, the battery with an output power of an alternating/direct current converter when the power is not received by the power receiving coil from the outside; and

applying the power charged in the battery to a power transmitting coil under the control of the power transmitting controller to wirelessly transmit the power to the outside.

9. The method of claim 8,

wherein the step of charging a battery with a power received by a power receiving coil from the outside under the control of a power transmitting controller includes:

transmitting, by the power transmitting controller, an ID signal when an ID request signal is received, and determining whether the power is received through the power receiving coil; and

when the power is received, charging the battery with the received power.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, by the power transmitting controller, a power charging status of the battery; and

generating, by the power transmitting controller, a charging status signal including the power charging status to transmit the generated charging status signal to the outside through the power receiving coil.

11. The method of claim 8,

wherein the step of applying the power charged in the battery to a power transmitting coil under the control of the power transmitting controller to wirelessly transmit the power to the outside includes:

detecting a power receiving device through the power transmitting coil; and

converting the power charged in the battery into an alternating current power under the control of the power transmitting controller when the power receiving device is detected, and applying the converted alternating current power to the power transmitting coil to wirelessly transmit the alternating current power to the outside.

12. A wireless power transmitting device comprises:

a power transmitting coil configured to wirelessly transmit a power and to wirelessly receive the power;

a power storage unit configured to store the power received by the power transmitting coil; and

a power transmitting controller configured to control the power received by the power transmitting coil to be stored in the power storage unit, and to apply the power stored in the power storage unit to the power transmitting coil to wirelessly transmit the power to the outside,

wherein the power storage unit and the power transmitting controller are respectively provided in separate cases, and

wherein the power storage unit and the power transmitting controller are connected by a cable or combined slidably.

13. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 12,

wherein the power storage unit includes:

a rectifier configured to rectify the power received by the power transmitting coil to a direct current power;

a battery configured to store the power; and

a charging unit configured to charge the battery with the direct current power rectified by the rectifier under the control of the power transmitting controller.

14. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 13,

wherein the power storage unit further includes:

an alternating/direct current converter configured to convert an alternating current power into a direct current power; and

a power transmitting switch configured to output the converted direct current power by the alternating/direct current converter to the charging unit under the control of power transmitting controller.

15. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 12,

wherein the power storage unit further includes:

a driving driver configured to amplify a PWM driving signal generated by the power transmitting controller;

a series resonance converter configured to switch the direct current power stored in the power storage unit to generate the alternating current power in response to the PWM signal amplified by the driving driver, and to apply the generated alternating current power to the power transmitting coil; and

a transmitting/receiving switch configured to be switched under the control of the power transmitting controller to apply the alternating current power generated by the series resonance converter to the power transmitting coil, and to output the power received by the power transmitting coil to the power storage unit.

16. A method for wirelessly transmitting a power, the method comprising:

storing a power received through a power transmitting coil from the outside in a power storage unit under the control of a power transmitting controller; and

charging, by the power transmitting controller, the power storage unit with an output power of an alternating/direct current converter when the power is not received by the power transmitting coil from the outside; and

applying the power stored in the power storage unit to the power transmitting coil to wirelessly transmit the power to the outside under the control of the power transmitting controller.

17. The method of claim 16,

wherein the step of storing a power received through a power transmitting coil from the outside in a power storage unit under the control of a power transmitting controller includes:

transmitting, by the power transmitting controller, an ID signal through a power transmitting coil when an ID request signal is received, and determining whether the power is received through the power transmitting coil; and

when the power is received, charging a battery with the received power.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining, by the power transmitting controller, a power charging status of the power storage unit; and

generating, by the power transmitting controller, a charging status signal including the power charge status to transmit the generated charging status signal to the outside through the power receiving coil.

19. The method of claim 16,

wherein the step of applying the power stored in the power storage unit to the power transmitting coil to wirelessly transmit the power to the outside under the control of the power transmitting controller includes:

detecting a power receiving device through the power transmitting coil; and

applying the power charged in the power storage unit to the power transmitting coil to wirelessly transmit the power to the outside under the control of the power transmitting controller when the power receiving device is detected.