POWER FEEDING SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL POWERED VEHICLE

• US 20110231029A1
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kikuchi, Taira, Ichikawa, Shinji
• Granted Patent: US 8,970,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/298
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/10 DC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/122 Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil
• 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 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

Power feeding is performed in a non-contact manner from a power feeding device to an electrical powered vehicle by resonance of a primary self-resonant coil of the power feeding device and a secondary self-resonant coil of the electrical powered vehicle through an electromagnetic field. The electric power received by the secondary self-resonant coil is rectified by a rectifier, and voltage-converted by a DC/DC converter to be supplied to a power storage device. A vehicle ECU controls the DC/DC converter such that the voltage between the rectifier and the DC/DC converter attains a target voltage.

Claims

1. A power feeding system comprising:

power transmission resonator receiving electric power from a power source to generate an electromagnetic field,

a power reception resonator receiving electric power from said power transmission resonator by resonating with said power transmission resonator via said electromagnetic field,

a rectifier rectifying electric power received by said power reception resonator,

a voltage converter voltage-converting the electric power rectified by said rectifier for supply to a load, and

a voltage control device controlling a voltage between said rectifier and said voltage converter to attain a predetermined target voltage.

2. The power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein said voltage control device sets said target voltage based on a magnitude of reception electric power.

3. The power feeding system according to claim 2, wherein said voltage control device sets said target voltage at a square root value of a multiplication of a target value of reception electric power by a target impedance.

4. The power feeding system according to claim 3, wherein said target impedance is set at an impedance of said power source.

5. The power feeding system according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor device sensing reflected power of electric power supplied from said power source to said power transmission resonator,

wherein said voltage control device modifies said target voltage such that said reflected power is reduced.

6. The power feeding system according to claim 5, wherein said voltage control device calculates, when said reflected power is greater than or equal to a defined value, an amount of modification of said target voltage based on a difference between a target value of reflected power that is less than or equal to said defined value and reflected power sensed by said sensor device.

7. The power feeding system according to claim 5, wherein said sensor device calculates said reflected power based on a voltage and current of electric power supplied from said power source to said power transmission resonator, and a phase difference between said voltage and said current.

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

said voltage converter is configured to allow adjustment of an input voltage thereto, and

said voltage control device controls said voltage converter such that the voltage between said rectifier and said voltage converter attains said target voltage.

9. The power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein

said voltage converter is configured to allow adjustment of an input electric power thereto, and

said voltage control device controls said power source such that the voltage between said rectifier and said voltage converter attains said target voltage.

10. The power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein said power transmission resonator includes

a primary coil receiving electric power from said power source, and

a primary self-resonant coil having electric power fed from said primary coil by electromagnetic induction, and generating said electromagnetic field,

wherein said power reception resonator includes

a secondary self-resonant coil receiving electric power from said primary self-resonant coil by resonating with said primary self-resonant coil via said electromagnetic field, and

a secondary coil extracting electric power received by said secondary self-resonant coil through electromagnetic induction for output to said rectifier.

11. The power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein each of said power transmission resonator and said power reception resonator includes a high dielectric disk.

12. The power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein said load includes a rechargeable power storage device.

13. The power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein

said load includes an electric drive device mounted on a vehicle to generate a vehicle driving power, and

said electric drive device receives electric power output from said voltage converter to generate said vehicle driving power.

14. An electrical powered vehicle comprising:

a power reception resonator receiving electric power from a power transmission resonator included in a power feeding device provided external to the vehicle by resonating with said power transmission resonator via an electromagnetic field,

a rectifier rectifying electric power received by said power reception resonator,

a voltage converter voltage-converting the electric power rectified by said rectifier,

an electric drive device generating a vehicle driving power using electric power output from said voltage converter, and

a voltage control device controlling a voltage between said rectifier and said voltage converter to attain a predetermined target voltage.

15. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 14, wherein said voltage control device sets said target voltage based on a magnitude of reception electric power.

16. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 15, wherein said voltage control device sets said target voltage at a square root value of a multiplication of a target value of reception electric power by a target impedance.

17. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 16, wherein said target impedance is set at an impedance of said power feeding device.

18. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 14, further comprising a communication device for communication with said power feeding device, wherein

a reflected power of electric power supplied from a power source to said power transmission resonator is sensed at said power feeding device,

said voltage control device receives said reflected power sensed at said power feeding device through said communication device, and modifies said target voltage such that said reflected power is reduced.

19. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 18, wherein said voltage control device calculates, when said reflected power is greater than or equal to a defined value, an amount of modification of said target voltage based on a difference between a target value of reflected power that is less than or equal to said defined value and said reflected power received through said communication device.

20. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 18, wherein said reflected power is calculated based on a voltage and current of electric power supplied from said power source to said power transmission resonator, and a phase difference between said voltage and said current.

21. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 14, wherein

said voltage converter is configured to allow adjustment of an input voltage thereto, and

said voltage control device controls said voltage converter such that the voltage between said rectifier and said voltage converter to attain said target voltage.

22. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 14, further comprising a communication device for communication with said power feeding device, wherein

said voltage converter is configured to allow adjustment of an input electric power thereto,

said voltage control device controls said power source via said communication device such that the voltage between said rectifier and said voltage converter attains said target voltage.

23. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 14, wherein

said power transmission resonator includes

a primary coil receiving electric power from a power source, and

a primary self-resonant coil having electric power fed from said primary coil by electromagnetic induction to generate said electromagnetic field,

said power reception resonator includes

a secondary self-resonant coil receiving electric power from said primary self-resonant coil by resonating with said primary self-resonant coil via said electromagnetic field, and

a secondary coil extracting electric power received by said secondary self-resonant coil through electromagnetic induction for output to said rectifier.

24. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 14, wherein each of said power transmission resonator and said power reception resonator includes a high dielectric disk.

25. The electrical powered vehicle according to claim 14, further comprising a power storage device storing electric power output from said voltage converter.