Wireless power receiving device

• US 10,505,362 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2018
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Misawa, Takahiro, Hashimoto, Toshiya
• Primary Examiner(s): Kessie, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US16/029,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20190044321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/1255 responsive to internal faults, e.g. by monitoring ripple in output voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/1257 responsive to short circuit or wrong polarity in output circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/18 for batteries; for accumulators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• 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 7/00304 Overcurrent protection
• 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 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A power receiving device includes: a power receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive power from a power transmitting unit of a power transmitting device; a rectifier circuit; a charging relay provided between the rectifier circuit and the power storage device; a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage applied from the power receiving unit to the rectifier circuit; and a charging ECU configured to wirelessly communicate with the power transmitting device via a communication device. After wireless communication with the power transmitting device is established before a power request is output to the power transmitting device, the charging ECU closes the charging relay and also performs a short-circuit determination process, by using a value of a voltage sensed by the voltage sensor with the charging relay closed, to determine whether the rectifier circuit has a short circuit fault.

Claims

1. A wireless power receiving device comprising:

a power receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive power from a power transmitting unit of a power transmitting device;

a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the power received by the power receiving unit and output the rectified power to a power storage device;

a charging relay provided between the rectifier circuit and the power storage device;

a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage on a power line between the power receiving unit and the rectifier circuit; and

a controller configured to wirelessly communicate with the power transmitting device via a communication device,

the controller being configured to, after wireless communication with the power transmitting device is established before a power transmission request signal as a signal for requesting the power transmitting device to transmit power is output to the power transmitting device, close the charging relay, and also perform a short-circuit determination process, by using a value of a voltage sensed by the voltage sensor with the charging relay closed, to determine whether the rectifier circuit has a short circuit fault.

2. The wireless power receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

when it is determined through the short-circuit determination process that the rectifier circuit has a short circuit fault, open the charging relay without outputting the power transmission request signal to the power transmitting device; and

when it is not determined through the short-circuit determination process that the rectifier circuit has a short circuit fault, output the power transmission request signal to the power transmitting device while keeping the charging relay closed.

3. The wireless power receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, after wireless communication with the power transmitting device is established, perform a final compatibility check to obtain compatibility information of the power transmitting device from the power transmitting device and to determine whether receiving power from the power transmitting device is allowed, and after it is determined through the final compatibility check that receiving power is allowed, close the charging relay to perform the short circuit determination process.