Core assembly for wireless power transmitting device and wireless power transmitting device having the same

• US 9,906,274 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2012
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Jung, Chun-Kil, Kuk, Yoon-Sang
• Primary Examiner(s): Amrany, Adi
• Application Number:
  US13/550,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20130015719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,052 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00304 Overcurrent protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00308 Overvoltage protection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/263 Multiple coils at either side
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A core assembly used for a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power transmitting device having the same. The core assembly for the wireless power transmitting device includes: a main coil disposed at a first level; an auxiliary coil disposed at a lower side of the main coil such that the auxiliary coil is located at a second level lower than the first level, and including a first sub coil and a second sub coil, which respectively have a portion overlapped with the main coil and respectively have a size smaller than the main coil; and a core of a magnetic substance configured to accommodate the main coil and the auxiliary coil.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmitting device, comprising:

a main coil disposed at a first level;

an auxiliary coil disposed at a lower side of the main coil such that the auxiliary coil is located at a second level, which is lower than the first level, and including a first sub coil and a second sub coil, which respectively have a portion overlapped with the main coil and respectively have a size smaller than the main coil in a first direction,

wherein a width of the first sub coil and a width of the second sub coil in a second direction are the same as a width of the main coil in the second direction, and each of the first sub coil and the second sub coil are aligned to completely overlap with the main coil in the second direction;

a core of a magnetic substance supporting the main coil and the auxiliary coil,

wherein a side wall is formed on the core vertically for accommodating the main coil and the auxiliary coil in a space;

a first support and a second support formed on at a bottom of the core, each of the first and second support inserted into a hollow portion of the first sub coil and the second sub coil respectively; and

a transmitting controller including;

an object detector configured to detect a secondary coil of a wireless power receiving device by detecting a load change of a primary coil, to determine whether an object detected by the load change is the wireless power receiving device by checking an identification (ID) signal is received, and

a central controller configured to receive the determination result of the object detector, to transmit a power signal to a driver for transmitting the wireless power via the primary coil, to change the wireless power by controlling the driver based on a charging state signal if the charging state signal is received via the primary coil, and to selectively apply a power to at least one of the main coil and the auxiliary coil based on a detection result by the object detector,

wherein the central controller is configured to apply the power to the main coil if the secondary coil is located within the area of the main coil,

wherein the central controller is configured to apply the power to the main coil and the first sub coil if the secondary coil is partially overlapped with both the main coil and the first sub coil, and

wherein the central controller is configured to apply the power to the main coil and the second sub coil if the secondary coil is partially overlapped with both the main coil and the second sub coil,

wherein the first sub coil and the second sub coil are symmetric at a center of the main coil with respect to the second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein an inner surface of the side wall contacts at least a portion of the auxiliary coil, and

wherein the main coil contacts both the first sub coil and the second sub coil.

2. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 1, wherein the first sub coil and the second sub coil are disposed to contact a lower surface of the main coil.

3. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 1, wherein the width of the main coil in the first direction is shorter than a sum of the widths of the first sub coil and the second sub coil in the first direction.

4. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 3, wherein the width of the main coil in the first direction is 60% to 80% of the sum of the widths of the first sub coil and the second sub coil in the first direction.

5. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 1, wherein the width of the first sub coil in the first direction is configured to be the same as that of the second sub coil in the first direction.

6. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 5, wherein the first sub coil is disposed to contact the second sub coil.

7. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary coil comprises:

a base as an insulator disposed at the lower side of the main coil; and

a conductive pattern disposed at a surface facing the main coil of the base to include a first conductive pattern forming the first sub coil and a second conductive pattern forming the second sub coil.

8. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of extension grooves, at which a passage that an end portion of the main coil and the auxiliary coil extends out of the concave portion is formed, are configured at the side wall.

9. A wireless power transmitting device, comprising:

a main coil disposed at a first level;

an auxiliary coil located at a second level, which is lower than the first level, and including a first sub coil and a second sub coil, which have a portion overlapped with the main coil,

wherein each of the first sub coil and the second sub coil has a width smaller than the main coil in a first axis, while a sum of the widths of the first sub coil and the second sub coil in the first axis is larger than the width of the main coil in the first axis;

a core of a magnetic substance supporting the main coil and the auxiliary coil,

wherein a side wall is formed on the core vertically for accommodating the main coil and the auxiliary coil in a space; and

a first support and a second support formed on the core,

wherein the first support and the second support are formed on the core such that the first sub coil and the second sub coil are inserted into hollow portions of the core respectively;

wherein at the center of the main coil, the first sub coil and the second sub coil are symmetric with respect to a second axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis,

wherein an inner surface of the side wall contacts at least a portion of the auxiliary coil, and

wherein the main coil contacts both the first sub coil and the second sub coil.

10. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 9,

wherein each of the main coil, the first sub coil, and the second sub coil includes two end portions, and

wherein the side wall includes at least one extension groove which allows the end portions of the main coil, the first sub coil and the second sub coil to be extended out of the side wall.

11. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 9, further comprising:

a transmitting controller including;

an object detector configured to detect a secondary coil of a wireless power receiving device by detecting a load change of a primary coil, to determine whether an object detected by the load change is the wireless power receiving device by checking an identification (ID) signal is received, and

a central controller configured to receive the determination result of the object detector, to transmit a power signal to a driver for transmitting the wireless power via the primary coil, to change the wireless power by controlling the driver based on a charging state signal if the charging state signal is received via the primary coil, and to selectively apply a power to at least one of the main coil and the auxiliary coil based on a detection result by the object detector.

12. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 9, wherein the central controller is configured to apply the power to the main coil if the secondary coil is located within the area of the main coil, to apply the power to the main coil and the first sub coil if the secondary coil is partially overlapped with both the main coil and the first sub coil, and to apply the power to the main coil and the second sub coil if the secondary coil is partially overlapped with both the main coil and the second sub coil.

13. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 9, wherein the main coil is attached to the first sub coil and the second sub coil by an adhesive material.

14. The wireless power transmitting device of claim 9, wherein the width of the main coil in the first axis is substantially equal to 60% of the sum of the widths of the first sub coil and the second sub coil in the first axis.