Wireless power supply system and wireless power reception device

• US 9,929,600 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsukamoto, Yukinori
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, THAI H
• Application Number:
  US15/301,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20170126060A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,449 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 320108
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/38 specially adapted for charging by inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/62 in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• 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 50/80 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 7/00045 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

When a vehicle approaches a parking space, a ground controller excites a power transmission coil using an excitation pattern signal containing identification data, and a vehicle controller acquires the identification data from the excitation pattern signal received by at least one of subcoils. Then, a communication unit transmits the acquired identification data to the ground unit. The ground controller pairs the power transmission coil and the power reception coil with each other when the identification data contained in the excitation pattern signal and the identification data transmitted from the vehicle controller match each other. Also, the pairing is canceled if the identification data received by the subcoil provided on the front side and the identification data received by the subcoil provided on the rear side are different from each other.

Claims

1. A wireless power supply system comprising:

a power transmission device provided on the ground and configured to transmit power; and

a power reception device provided to a vehicle and configured to receive power transmitted from the power transmission device and supply the power to an electric load, wherein

the power transmission device includes

a power transmission coil provided at a parking space and configured to transmit power,

a ground controller configured to control power to be supplied to the power transmission coil, and

a power-transmission-side wireless device configured to communicate with the power reception device,

the power reception device includes

a power reception coil configured to receive power transmitted from the power transmission coil and supply the received power to the vehicle as drive force,

at least one subcoil provided on each of a front side and a rear side of the vehicle relative to the power reception coil and configured to receive, as an excitation pattern signal, power transmitted from the power transmission coil,

a vehicle controller configured to control power reception of the power reception coil and the subcoils, and

a power-reception-side wireless device configured to communicate with the power transmission device,

when the vehicle approaches the parking space, the ground controller performs excitation using an excitation pattern signal containing identification data,

the vehicle controller acquires the identification data from the excitation pattern signal received by at least one of the subcoils, and the power-reception-side wireless device transmits the acquired identification data to the power transmission device,

the ground controller pairs the power transmission coil and the power reception coil with each other when the identification data contained in the excitation pattern signal and the identification data transmitted from the vehicle controller match each other, and

the pairing is canceled if the identification data received by the subcoil provided on the front side and the identification data received by the subcoil provided on the rear side are different from each other.

2. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1, wherein

two or more subcoils are provided on at least one of the front side of the vehicle and the rear side of the vehicle relative to the power reception coil, and

the vehicle controller generates combined data by combining the pieces of identification data detected by the two or more subcoils provided on the at least one side of the vehicle, and transmits the combined data to the power transmission device.

3. The wireless power supply system according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle controller determines soundness of the combined data, and does not transmit the combined data to the power transmission device if the combined data is not sound.

4. The wireless power supply system according to claim 2, wherein the two or more subcoils provided on the at least one side of the vehicle have signal receivable ranges which partially overlap each other and within which the excitation pattern signal is receivable.

5. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1, wherein after pairing the power transmission coil and the power reception coil with each other, the ground controller cancels the pairing if the identification data transmitted from the vehicle controller is interrupted or the identification data starts becomes mismatched.