Contactless power supply device and contactless power receiving device

• US 9,973,043 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Koizumi, Masayoshi, Ohashi, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Sibin
• Application Number:
  US14/898,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20160134162A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/124 Detection or removal of foreign bodies
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/126 Methods for pairing a vehicle and a charging station, e.g. establishing a one-to-one relation between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/37 using optical position determination, e.g. using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60M 7/003 for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/05 using capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• 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 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed is a contactless power supply device which supplies power in a contactless manner, and adopts a configuration including a power supply coil that generates an electromagnetic field and supplies power, a case that houses the power supply coil, a wire that dissolves at a temperature below a heat-resistant temperate of the case, a dissolution detection unit that detects dissolution of the wire, and a controller that performs control based on a detection result of the dissolution detection unit.

Claims

1. A contactless power supply device supplying power in a contactless manner, comprising:

a power supply coil configured to generate an electromagnetic field and to supply power;

a case housing the power supply coil; and

a wire having a dissolving temperature and adjacent to a part of the case,

wherein the contactless power supply device is configured to generate an electromagnetic field of the power supply coil, based on dissolution of the wire,

wherein the part of the case has a heat-resistant temperature, and

wherein the dissolving temperature of the wire is lower than the heat-resistant temperature of the part of the case.

2. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a sheet material for covering the wire.

3. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein the wire is embedded in a sheet material.

4. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein the wire is provided near a top face outside the case, near an underside of the top face inside the case, or within the top face of the case.

5. The contactless power supply device according to claim 4,

wherein at least a portion of the wire is provided near a top face outside the case, near an underside of the top face inside the case, or within the top face of the case, and a shape of the power supply coil can be projected to those portions.

6. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein the wire is provided near a top face outside the case, and is covered by another case.

7. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein at least a portion of the wire is disposed along a groove provided in a top face of the case to which a shape of the power supply coil is projected.

8. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein the wire is a signal line, and

when a signal transmitted through the signal line is interrupted, such interruption indicates that the wire is dissolved.

9. The contactless power supply device according to claim 8,

wherein the wire is an optical fiber.

10. The contactless power supply device according to claim 9,

further comprising a dissolution detection unit that includes:

a light emitting unit that emits an optical signal; and

a light receiving unit that receives the optical signal,

wherein it is detected that the wire is dissolved when the light receiving unit does not receive the optical signal.

11. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein the wire is a member that does not interfere with supply of the power.

12. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein when the dissolution of the wire is detected, a controller performs control to prevent a temperature rise of a foreign object which dissolves the wire.

13. The contactless power supply device according to claim 12,

wherein the controller stops or decreases power supply to the power supply coil.

14. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notification unit for notifying of a presence of a foreign object which dissolves the wire,

wherein when the dissolution of the wire is detected, a controller prompts the notification unit to make notification of the presence of the foreign object.

15. The contactless power supply device according to claim 1,

wherein the contactless power supply device is installed on a ground side, and supplies power to a power receiving device provided in a vehicle.

16. A contactless power receiving device receiving power in a contactless manner, comprising:

a power receiving coil for receiving power by an electromagnetic field generated by a contactless power supply device;

a case housing the power receiving coil; and

a wire having a dissolving temperature and adjacent to a part of the case,

wherein the contactless power supply device is configured to generate an electromagnetic field of a power supply coil, based on dissolution of the wire,

wherein the part of the case has a heat-resistant temperature, and

wherein the dissolving temperature of the wire is lower than the heat-resistant temperature of the part of the case.

17. The contactless power receiving device according to claim 16,

wherein the contactless power receiving device is installed in a vehicle, and receives power from the power supply device provided on a ground side.