Wireless power transmission system

• US 9,793,761 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sampei, Takeshi, Tabata, Masashi, Yamamoto, Masaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Cole, Brandon S
• Application Number:
  US14/585,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20150222148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/36 Electric or magnetic shields or screens movable for varying inductance H01F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/366 made of ferromagnetic material
• 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 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields

Abstract

A wireless power transmission system for wirelessly transmitting electric power from a power transmitting device to a power receiving device using magnetic field coupling between a power transmitting coil and a power receiving coil is provided. The power transmitting device includes a power transmitting circuit generating an electric signal for transmitting electric power, first and second power transmitting coils compatible with first and second transmission methods, respectively, a first magnetic substance on which the first power transmitting coil is placed, a second magnetic substance on which the second power transmitting coil is placed, and a power feeding surface on which the power receiving device is to be placed. First and second attachment surfaces of the first and second magnetic substances, respectively, are located on the lower side of the power feeding surface and arranged on a same plane surface parallel to the power feeding surface.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmission system comprising:

a power transmitting device including a power transmitting coil; and

a power receiving device including a power receiving coil,

wherein using magnetic field coupling between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil, electric power is wirelessly transmitted from the power transmitting device to the power receiving device,

wherein the power transmitting device includes a power transmitting circuit configured to generate an electric signal used for transmitting electric power, a first power transmitting coil compatible with a first transmission method, a second power transmitting coil compatible with a second transmission method, a first magnetic substance on which the first power transmitting coil is placed, a second magnetic substance on which the second power transmitting coil is placed, and a power feeding surface on which the power receiving device is to be placed,

and wherein the first magnetic substance includes a first attachment surface on which the first power transmitting coil is placed, the second magnetic substance includes a second attachment surface on which the second power transmitting coil is placed, and the first attachment surface and the second attachment surface are located on a lower side of the power feeding surface and arranged on a same plane surface parallel to the power feeding surface.

2. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the first power transmitting coil is a coil compatible with an electromagnetic induction method, and

the second power transmitting coil is a coil compatible with a magnetic resonance method.

3. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 2, wherein a coil diameter of the second power transmitting coil is larger than a coil diameter of the first power transmitting coil, and the second power transmitting coil is arranged so as to surround the first power transmitting coil when viewed from above.

4. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 3, wherein the first attachment surface and the second attachment surface are ring-shaped surfaces each including a predetermined width, the second attachment surface is arranged so as to surround the first attachment surface when viewed from above, the first power transmitting coil is arranged so as to occupy a substantially intermediate position between an inner circumference and an outer circumference of the first attachment surface, and the second power transmitting coil is arranged so as to occupy a substantially intermediate position between an inner circumference and an outer circumference of the second attachment surface.

5. A wireless power transmission system comprising:

a power transmitting device including a power transmitting coil; and

a power receiving device including a power receiving coil, wherein using magnetic field coupling between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil, electric power is wirelessly transmitted from the power transmitting device to the power receiving device,

wherein the power receiving device includes a first power receiving coil compatible with a first transmission method, a second power receiving coil compatible with a second transmission method, a power receiving circuit to which the first power receiving coil and the second power receiving coil are connected, a third magnetic substance placed on the first power receiving coil, a fourth magnetic substance placed on the second power receiving coil, and a power receiving surface to be placed on the power transmitting device,

and wherein the third magnetic substance includes a third attachment surface in contact with the first power receiving coil, the fourth magnetic substance includes a fourth attachment surface in contact with the second power receiving coil, and the third attachment surface and the fourth attachment surface are located on an upper side of the power receiving surface and arranged on a same plane surface parallel to the power receiving surface.