Power transfer system with shielding body, power transmitting device with shielding body, and power transfer method for power transmitting system

• US 10,038,342 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Shizuno, Kaoru, Tanomura, Masahiro, Yoshida, Shuhei
• Primary Examiner(s): Amrany, Adi
• Application Number:
  US14/890,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20160087456A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 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 27/363 made of electrically conductive 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 50/005 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems

Abstract

The present invention provides a power transfer system capable of reducing electromagnetic energy that disappears into a medium as a resistor when the coil of a power transmitting device and the coil of a power receiving device are apart from each other, in such a way that the power transmitting device of the power transfer system is equipped with a backside dielectric body and a shield body. A power transmitting device (11) faces a power receiving device (12) through a medium. The power transmitting device (11) comprises: a power transmission coil (111); a containment portion (112) having a first surface (112A) facing the power receiving device and a second surface (112B) on the opposite side of the first surface and having a dielectric body covering the power transmission coil (111); a backside dielectric body (113) provided on the second surface (112B) of the containment portion and having a first surface (113A) facing the containment portion and a second surface (113B) on the opposite side of the first surface; and a shield body (114) provided on the second surface (113B) of the backside dielectric body.

Claims

1. A power transfer system comprising a power transmitting device and a power receiving device that are opposed to each other with sandwiching a medium therebetween, wherein

the power transmitting device includes:

a transmission coil;

a first containment unit that includes a first surface opposed to the power receiving device and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the first containment unit including a first dielectric body that covers the transmission coil and a second dielectric body that covers the first dielectric body, a dielectric loss tangent of the second dielectric body being greater than a dielectric loss tangent of the first dielectric body;

a first back dielectric body that is provided on the second surface of the first containment unit, the first back dielectric body including a first surface opposed to the first containment unit and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface; and

a first shielding body that is provided on the second surface of the first back dielectric body,

the power receiving device includes;

a receiving coil;

a second containment unit that includes a first surface opposed to the power transmitting device and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the second containment unit including a dielectric body that covers the receiving coil;

a second back dielectric body that is provided on the second surface of the second containment unit, the second back dielectric body including a first surface opposed to the second containment unit and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface; and

a second shielding body that is provided on the second surface of the second back dielectric body, and

the power transmitting device transmits electric power at a resonance frequency that is determined by an impedance of an electric power transmission path including the power transmitting device, the power receiving device, and the medium.

2. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the power transmitting device further includes an impedance adjustment unit that is configured to vary an impedance of the power transmitting device.

3. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the power receiving device further includes an impedance adjustment unit that is configured to vary an impedance of the power receiving device.

4. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein

the power transmitting device further includes a first impedance adjustment unit that is configured to vary an impedance of the power transmitting device,

the power receiving device further includes a second impedance adjustment unit that is configured to vary an impedance of the power receiving device, and

in a case where a combined capacitance component of a capacitance component forming the impedance of the power transmitting device and a capacitance component of the first impedance adjustment unit is expressed as C10, a combined capacitance component of a capacitance component forming the impedance of the power receiving device and a capacitance component of the second impedance adjustment unit is expressed as C20, a capacitance component of a capacitance formed by the power transmitting device, the power receiving device, and the medium is expressed as C3, and a distance between the power transmitting device and the power receiving device is expressed as d,

the first impedance adjustment unit adjusts the impedance of the power transmitting device so as to satisfy a relationship 30 cm>

C3×

d/(C10+C20)>

0.5 cm.

5. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein

the power transmitting device further includes a first impedance adjustment unit that is configured to vary an impedance of the power transmitting device,

the power receiving device further includes a second impedance adjustment unit that is configured to vary an impedance of the power receiving device, and

in a case where a combined capacitance component of a capacitance component forming the impedance of the power transmitting device and a capacitance component of the first impedance adjustment unit is expressed as C10, a combined capacitance component of a capacitance component forming the impedance of the power receiving device and a capacitance component of the second impedance adjustment unit is expressed as C20, and a distance between the power transmitting device and the power receiving device is expressed as d,

the second impedance adjustment unit adjusts the impedance of the power receiving device so as to satisfy a relationship 30 cm>

C3×

d/(C10+C20)>

0.5 cm.

6. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of a size of the first containment unit in a direction along a coil surface to an outer diameter of the transmission coil is greater than 1.2.

7. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of a size of the first containment unit in a direction along a coil surface to an outer diameter of the receiving coil is greater than 1.2.

8. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein

the dielectric body of the second containment unit is a third dielectric body that covers the receiving coil, and

the second containment unit further includes a fourth dielectric body that covers the third dielectric body.

9. The power transfer system according to claim 8, wherein

the first containment unit further includes a dielectric body that covers the second dielectric body, and

the second containment unit further includes a dielectric body that covers the fourth dielectric body.

10. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the second dielectric body has a specific gravity equal to a specific gravity of the medium.

11. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein a relative permittivity of the first dielectric body is lower than or equal to a relative permittivity of the second dielectric body.

12. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein electric conductivity of the medium is higher than 1×

10-4 Siemens per meter, and a relative permittivity of the medium is higher than 1.

13. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the medium includes at least one of seawater, river water, fresh water, tap water, soil, and concrete.

14. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of an electric field generated in the medium rotates substantially parallel with a coil surface of the transmission coil or a coil surface of the receiving coil, and at least a part of a magnetic field generated in the medium is oriented substantially parallel with the coil surface of the transmission coil or the coil surface of the receiving coil.

15. The power transfer system according to claim 14, wherein an interlinkage magnetic flux passing through the transmission coil and an interlinkage magnetic flux passing through the receiving coil face mutually opposite directions under a phase condition where magnetic field becomes a maximum, and thereby, a magnetic field parallel with the coil surface of the transmission coil and the coil surface of the receiving coil is generated.

16. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the power transmitting device is installed in a power supply source installed in seawater, a marine vessel, or a submarine, the power receiving device is installed in a power supply source installed in seawater, a marine vessel, or a submarine, and electric power is transmitted wirelessly from the power transmitting device to the power receiving device.

17. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the power transmitting device is installed in a connection unit of one of two power cables laid in seawater, the power receiving device is installed in a connection unit of the other power cable of the two power cables, and electric power is transmitted wirelessly from the power transmitting device to the power receiving device.

18. The power transfer system according to claim 1, wherein by using the power transmitting device as a transmitter for information transmission, and using the power receiving device as a receiver for information transmission, electric power transmission and wireless communication are performed simultaneously.

19. A power transmitting device that is opposed to a power receiving device with sandwiching a medium therebetween, the power transmitting device comprising:

a transmission coil;

a containment unit that includes a first surface opposed to the power receiving device and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the containment unit including a first dielectric body that covers the transmission coil and a second dielectric body that covers the first dielectric body, a dielectric loss tangent of the second dielectric body being greater than a dielectric loss tangent of the first dielectric body;

a back dielectric body that is provided on the second surface of the containment unit, the back dielectric body including a first surface opposed to the containment unit and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface; and

a shielding body that is provided on the second surface of the back dielectric body.

20. A power transfer method for a power transfer system, the power transfer system including a power transmitting device and a power receiving device that are opposed to each other with sandwiching a medium therebetween, the power transfer method comprising:

preparing a power transmitting device including a transmission coil, a first containment unit, a first back dielectric body and a first shielding body, the first containment unit including a first surface opposed to the power receiving device and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the first containment unit including a first dielectric body that covers the transmission coil and a second dielectric body that covers the first dielectric body, a dielectric loss tangent of the second dielectric body being greater than a dielectric loss tangent of the first dielectric body, the first back dielectric body being provided on the second surface of the first containment unit, the first back dielectric body including a first surface opposed to the first containment unit and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the first shielding body being provided on the second surface of the first back dielectric body;

preparing a power receiving device including a receiving coil, a second containment unit, a second back dielectric body and a second shielding body, the second containment unit including a first surface opposed to the power transmitting device and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the second containment unit including a dielectric body that covers the receiving coil, the second back dielectric body being provided on the second surface of the second containment unit, the second back dielectric body including a first surface opposed to the second containment unit and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the second shielding body being provided on the second surface of the second back dielectric body; and

transmitting electric power at a resonance frequency that is determined by an impedance of an electric power transmission path including the power transmitting device, the power receiving device, and the medium.