WIRELESS POWER CHARGER

• US 20140117926A1
• Filed: 10/27/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: HWU, JUI-TE, CHEN, BO-JANG, LIU, QIN-XIANG
• Application Number:
  US13/662,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20140117926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

A wireless power charger includes a shell, a circuit board, a displacement adjusting device and transmitter coils disposed in the shell. The circuit board has a position detection controller for detecting a position of a charging target placed on the shell. A rack is mounted to the displacement adjusting device for only horizontally rotating along with the displacement adjusting device, or horizontally rotating along with the displacement adjusting device and further sliding linearly along a radial direction. The transmitter coils are positioned on the rack. In use, the displacement adjusting device is controlled by the position detection controller to only horizontally rotate the rack, or horizontally rotate the rack and further linearly slide the rack, so as to bring the transmitter coils closer to a receiver coil of the charging target and realize inductive coupling therebetween for charging the charging target.

Claims

1. A wireless power charger using inductive coupling to charge at least one charging target which has a receiver coil therein, comprising:

a shell including a pedestal and a cover covered onto the pedestal;

a circuit board disposed in the shell and fixed on the pedestal, the circuit board having a position detection controller for detecting a position of the charging target placed on the cover;

a displacement adjusting device disposed in the shell and including a turbine rotatably mounted on the pedestal, a drive motor and a rotor driven by the drive motor to bring the turbine to horizontally rotate, a rack being equipped on the turbine and horizontally rotating along with the turbine; and

a plurality of transmitter coils arranged side by side on the rack;

wherein the displacement adjusting device is controlled by the position detection controller of the circuit board to horizontally rotate the rack around the turbine so as to bring the transmitter coils closer to the receiver coil of the charging target and realize inductive coupling therebetween for transmitting electric power from the transmitter coils to the receiver coil.

2. The wireless power charger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the center of the rack is vertically in the shaft of the turbine, one of the transmitter coils is fixed at the center of the rack and the others are radially arranged from the said one along the rack.

3. The wireless power charger as claimed in claim 1, wherein a frame is fastened on the pedestal to accommodate the turbine therein, the rack is removably mounted on the turbine by an interlocking structure.

4. A wireless power charger using inductive coupling to charge a charging target which has a receiver coil therein, comprising:

a shell including a pedestal and a cover covered onto the pedestal;

a circuit board disposed in the shell and fixed on the pedestal, the circuit board having a position detection controller for detecting a position of the charging target placed on the cover;

a displacement adjusting device disposed in the shell and including a rotary adjusting device and a stretchable adjusting device, the rotary adjusting device including a turbine rotatably mounted on the pedestal, a first drive motor and a rotor driven by the first drive motor to bring the turbine to horizontally rotate, the stretchable adjusting device including a base body fixed on the turbine for rotating along with the turbine, a second drive motor, a gear mounted in the base body and driven by the second drive motor to vertically rotate, and a rack levelly penetrating the base body in a sliding way and capable of horizontally rotating around the base body by the drive of the turbine and the base body, a bottom side of the rack being snapped with the gear for being further driven by the rotary gear to slide linearly along a radial direction; and

at least one transmitter coil fixed on the rack;

wherein the displacement adjusting device is controlled by the position detection controller of the circuit board to horizontally rotate the rack around the turbine and further linearly slide the rack to bring the transmitter coil close to or away from the base body, so as to make the transmitter coil closer to the receiver coil of the charging target and realize inductive coupling therebetween for transmitting electric power from the transmitter coil to the receiver coil.

5. The wireless power charger as claimed in claim 4, wherein the inside of the base body defines a lying columnar accommodating space for receiving the gear therein, a sidewall of the base body defines an opening communicated with the accommodating space, a bracket is protruded outward near to the opening for positioning the second drive motor therein, the second drive motor is connected with the gear through the opening, a passageway levelly penetrates through the base body and is opened over and communicated with a top of the accommodating space for slidably equipping the rack therethrough.

6. The wireless power charger as claimed in claim 5, wherein the stretchable adjusting device further includes a guide tray fastened to the passageway of the base body for guiding the rack to slide through the passageway.