CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND POWER RECEPTION DEVICE

• US 20140103731A1
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: FURUKAWA, Kaoru, OTA, Tomohiro, OGASAWARA, Kiyoshi, AKIYAMA, Toshihiro
• Application Number:
  US13/650,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20140103731A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10

Abstract

A contactless power supply system is provided with an electric appliance, which includes a secondary coil of a power reception device, and a contactless power supply device including a setting surface, which is formed by a plurality of adjacent power supply areas, and a primary coil, which is arranged in each power supply area. The contactless power supply device excites the primary coil to supply secondary power to the secondary coil of the electric appliance that is set on the setting surface. The secondary coil has a larger coil contour than the primary coil.

Claims

1. A contactless power supply system comprising:

an electric appliance including a secondary coil of a power reception device; and

a contactless power supply device including a setting surface, which is formed by a plurality of adjacent power supply areas, and a primary coil, which is arranged in each power supply area, wherein the contactless power supply device excites the primary coil to supply secondary power to the secondary coil of the electric appliance that is set on the setting surface,

wherein the secondary coil has a larger coil contour than the primary coil.

2. The contactless power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the coil contour of the secondary coil is 1.25 times or larger and 1.7 times or smaller than the coil contour of the primary coil.

3. The contactless power supply system according to claim 2, wherein the coil contour of the secondary coil is 1.3 times or larger and 1.45 times or smaller than the coil contour of the primary coil.

4. The contactless power supply system according to claim 3, wherein the coil contour of the secondary coil is 1.4 times larger than the coil contour of the primary coil.

5. The contactless power supply system according to claim 1, wherein

each primary coil is tetragonal and shaped in conformance with the corresponding power supply area, and

the secondary coil is tetragonal and similar to the coil contour of the primary coil.

6. The contactless power supply system according to claim 1, wherein the primary coil and the secondary coil are each wound around a magnetic body.

7. A power reception device arranged in an electric appliance and used with a contactless power supply device including a setting surface, which is formed by a plurality of adjacent power supply areas, and a primary coil, which is arranged in each power supply area, the power reception device comprising

a secondary coil that receives secondary power from the primary coil that is excited,

wherein the secondary coil has a larger coil contour than the primary coil.

8. The power reception device according to claim 7, wherein the coil contour of the secondary coil is 1.25 times or larger and 1.7 times or smaller than the coil contour of the primary coil.

9. The power reception device according to claim 8, wherein the coil contour of the secondary coil is 1.3 times or larger and 1.45 times or smaller than the coil contour of the primary coil.

10. The power reception device according to claim 9, wherein the coil contour of the secondary coil is 1.4 times larger than the coil contour of the primary coil.

11. The power reception device according to claim 7, wherein the secondary coil is tetragonal and similar to the coil contour of the primary coil.

12. The power reception device according to claim 7, wherein the secondary coil is wound around a magnetic body.