NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE

• US 20140354225A1
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kitamura, Hiroyasu
• Application Number:
  US14/361,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20140354225A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/224 Electrical recharging arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 2204/002 using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• 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 non-contact power transmission device, comprising a washbasin including a primary coil, and an electric toothbrush including a secondary coil. A central door includes a third relay coil that relays the flow of magnetic flux from the primary coil to the secondary coil. The position of the third relay coil relative to the primary coil changes as a result of the opening and closing of the central door.

Claims

1. A non-contact power transmission device comprising:

a power transmitter including a primary coil;

a power receiver including a secondary coil; and

a relay coil that allows for movement relative to the primary coil and the secondary coil.

2. The non-contact power transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the relay coil is not connected to an electric load.

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

the power transmitter is incorporated in a bathroom cabinet unit including a storage portion that allows for storage of the power receiver and a door portion that opens and closes the storage portion, and

the relay coil is incorporated in the door portion.

4. The non-contact power transmission device according to claim 3, comprising a position detector that detects a position of the door portion relative to the storage portion of the bathroom cabinet unit.

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

the door portion includes a door that is movable relative to the storage portion, and

the non-contact power transmission device comprises a magnetic body located between the door and the relay coil.

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

the power transmitter includes a control unit that controls power supplied to the primary coil, and

the control unit supplies the primary coil with a larger power when the door portion closes the storage portion than when the door portion opens the storage portion.

7. A case of a power receiver corresponding to a power transmitter of a non-contact power transmission device, the case comprising a relay coil, wherein the case is formed to allow for storage or holding of the power receiver and to allow for movement relative to the power transmitter.