NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20090278523A1
• Filed: 05/01/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: YODA, Kentaro, OKADA, Hirofumi
• Application Number:
  US12/434,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20090278523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 323/318
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2027/406 Temperature sensor or protection
• 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 50/10 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment

Abstract

A non-contact power transmission device for supplying electric power to a secondary coil from a primary coil by electromagnetically coupling the primary coil to the secondary coil, includes a temperature detection element that detects temperature and a detection section that detects rise of temperature based on a first temperature at a first clock time and a second temperature at a second clock time detected by using the temperature detection element. When a degree of the rise of temperature is greater than a reference value, the non-contact power transmission device stops supplying of the electric power from the primary coil.

Claims

1. A non-contact power transmission device to supply electric power to a secondary coil from a primary coil by electromagnetically coupling the primary coil to the secondary coil, comprising:

a temperature detection element that detects temperature; and

a detection section that detects a rise of temperature based on a first temperature detected by the temperature detection element at a first time and a second temperature detected by the temperature detection element at a second time,

the non-contact power transmission device stopping supplying electric power from the primary coil when the detection section detects that the rise of temperature is greater than a reference value.

2. The non-contact power transmission device according to claim 1,

the temperature detection element being a variable resistance element with a resistance value that varies with temperature.

3. The non-contact power transmission device according to claim 2,

the detection section detecting the rise of temperature based on a first voltage across the variable resistance element at the first time and a second voltage across the variable resistance element at the second time.

4. The non-contact power transmission device according to claim 2,

the detection section including a resistance-frequency conversion circuit that converts the resistance value of the variable resistance element to a frequency, the detection section detecting the rise of temperature based on a result obtained by comparing a first frequency at the first time with a second frequency at the second time.

5. The non-contact power transmission device according to claim 3,

the detection section including a comparator that compares a the rise of temperature with the reference value, and the reference value being adjustable.

12. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the non-contact power transmission device according to claim 1.

6. A power transmission device that supplies electric power to a power reception device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil to a secondary coil, the power transmission device comprising:

a power transmission section that transmits an alternating current (AC) signal to the primary coil;

a temperature detection element disposed in a magnetic flux forming region of the primary coil;

a detection section that detects a rise of temperature based on a first temperature detected by the temperature detection element at a first time and a second temperature detected by the temperature detection element at a second time; and

a power transmission control section that controls the power transmission section,

the power transmission control section stopping transmission of electric power from the primary coil when the detection section detects that the rise of temperature is greater than a reference value.

7. The power transmission device according to claim 6,

the temperature detection element being a variable resistance element with a resistance value that varies with temperature.

8. The power transmission device according to claim 7,

the detection section detecting the rise of temperature based on a first voltage across the variable resistance element at the first time and a second voltage across the variable resistance element at the second time.

9. The power transmission device according to claim 7,

the detection section including a resistance-frequency conversion circuit that converts the resistance value of the variable resistance element to a frequency, and that detects the rise of temperature based on a result obtained by comparing a first frequency at the first time with a second frequency at the second time.

10. The power transmission device according to claim 8,

the detection section including a comparator that compares the rise of temperature with the reference value, and the reference value being adjustable.

11. The power transmission device according to claim 6, the primary coil being an air core coil having an air core part, and the temperature detection element being provided to the air core part.

13. An electronic apparatus, comprising the non-contact power transmission device according to claim 6.

14. A method of detecting an abnormal condition in a non-contact power transmission device that supplies electric power to a power reception device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil of the non-contact power transmission device to a secondary coil of the power reception device, the method comprising:

generating a first value that corresponds to a first temperature within the non-contact power transmission device at a first time;

generating a second value that corresponds to a second temperature within the non-contact power transmission device at a second time;

determining a rise of temperature based on a comparison of the first value with the second value; and

disconnecting power to the primary coil of the non-contact power transmission device in the case where the rise of temperature is greater than a reference value.

15. The method of claim 14, the determining the rise of temperature comprising:

generating a rise of temperature based on the first value and the second value.

16. The method of claim 15, the disconnecting power to the primary coil of the non-contact power transmission device being performed based on a comparison result of the rise of temperature to the reference value.

17. The method of claim 14, the determining the rise of temperature comprising:

generating a first frequency based on the first value;

generating a second frequency based on the second value; and

generating a rise of temperature based on a count of the first frequency and a count of the second frequency.

18. The method of claim 17,

the disconnecting power to the primary coil of the non-contact power transmission device being performed based on a comparison result of the rise of temperature to the reference value.