Wireless power reception and transmission apparatus

• US 9,824,816 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Song, Keum Su, Kwon, Sang Wook, Kim, Ki Young, Kim, Dong Zo, Kim, Bong Chul, Park, Yun Kwon, Park, Jae Hyun, Ahn, Chi Hyung, Ryu, Young Ho, Lee, Byoung Hee, Lee, Jun Seok, Choi, Jae Hoon, Jung, Kyung Young, Ha, Sang Gyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Tan, Richard
• Application Number:
  US14/230,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20150061399A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• 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 50/005 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 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields

Abstract

A wireless power receiving device and a wireless power transmission apparatus are provided. The wireless power receiver may include a resonator configured to emit an electromagnetic field, a blocker configured to surround a portion of an exterior of the resonator, and a spacer disposed between the resonator and the blocker.

Claims

1. A wireless power receiver comprising:

a resonator configured to emit an electromagnetic field;

a blocker configured to surround a portion of an exterior of the resonator; and

a spacer disposed between the resonator and the blocker,

wherein the resonator is in a loop shape and the blocker surrounds an outside of the resonator, the blocker has a cross section corresponding to a cross section of the resonator, and at least one side of the blocker is open and directs to an inner center of the resonator in the loop shape, and

wherein the spacer comprises a supporting medium configured to maintain a distance between the resonator and the blocker, and the supporting medium is a screw contacting the resonator at a first end and passing through the blocker at a second end.

2. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the blocker is made of metal.

3. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein a change in transmission efficiency of the resonator is minimized based on at least one of a width of the blocker extended from an outermost portion of the blocker to the resonator, a distance between the resonator and the blocker, or a capacitor disposed in the blocker.

4. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein a width of the blocker extending from an outermost portion of the blocker toward the resonator is variable.

5. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the blocker comprises a slot for leakage of the electromagnetic field from the resonator.

6. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the resonator comprises a transmission line and a capacitor.

7. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein a magnetic core is configured to pass through the resonator.

8. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the spacer is filled with a fire retardant composition 4 (FR4).

9. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, further comprising:

a holder configured to contain the wireless power receiver.

10. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the blocker is a plate having a flattened-U-shape cross section of which an open side directs to the inner center of the resonator in the loop shape.

11. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the open side of the blocker is in the form of a slot formed in a length direction of the blocker.

12. A wireless power receiver comprising:

a resonator having a loop shape; and

a metal surface surrounding an exterior of the resonator and being disposed between the resonator and a surrounding medium, and a slot in the metal surface being configured to leak an electromagnetic field from the resonator; and

a spacer disposed between the resonator and the metal surface,

wherein the metal surface surrounds an outside of the resonator, a cross section of the metal surface corresponds to a cross section of the resonator, and a side of the metal surface in which the slot is formed directs to an inner center of the resonator in the loop shape, and

wherein the spacer comprises a supporting medium configured to maintain a distance between the resonator and the metal surface, and the supporting medium is a screw contacting the resonator at a first end and passing through the metal surface at a second end.

13. The wireless power receiver of claim 12, wherein a change in transmission efficiency of the resonator due to disturbance in a surrounding medium is minimized based on at least one of a width of the metal surface that extends from an outermost portion of the metal surface to the resonator, a distance between the resonator and the metal surface, or a capacitor disposed in the metal surface.

14. The wireless power receiver of claim 12, wherein the resonator comprises:

a first conductor having a loop structure; and

a second conductor disposed on a same plane as the first conductor to surround an outside of the first conductor, and a distance separating the first conductor from the second conductor.

15. The wireless power receiver of claim 14, wherein the first conductor comprises a first branch element extending from a first side of the loop structure to a second side of the loop structure.

16. The wireless power receiver of claim 15, wherein the first conductor comprises a second branch element extending from the first side of the loop structure to the second side of the loop structure.

17. A wireless power transmission apparatus comprising:

a wireless power transmitter disposed outside a subject; and

a wireless power receiver implanted in the subject,

wherein the wireless power receiver comprises;

a resonator configured to emit an electromagnetic fields,

a metal surface surrounding a portion of an exterior of the resonator and being disposed between the resonator and a tissue of the subject, and

a spacer disposed between the resonator and the metal surface,

wherein the metal surface surrounds an outside of the resonator, the metal surface has a cross section corresponding to a cross section of the resonator, and at least one side of the metal surface is open and directs to an inner center of the resonator in the loop shape, and

wherein the spacer comprises a supporting medium configured to maintain a distance between the resonator and the metal surface, and the supporting medium is a screw contacting the resonator at a first end and passing through the metal surface at a second end.

18. The wireless power transmitter of claim 17, wherein a change in transmission efficiency due to movement of the tissue is minimized based on at least one of a width of the metal surface that extends from the outermost portion of the metal surface to the resonator, a distance between the resonator and the metal surface, or a capacitor disposed in the metal surface.