POWER RECEIVING DEVICE

• US 20160359368A1
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: ICHIKAWA, Shinji, KAMIKIHARA, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 10,141,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• 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 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/345 using capacitors as storage or buffering devices
• 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 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

In a power receiving device, a module including a power receiving unit, a transformer, a filter circuit and a rectifier circuit includes a coil and a capacitor. An alternating-current power supply unit is configured to be able to supply alternating current to the power receiving device on a side closer to the power receiving unit than a relay. A vehicle electronic control unit is configured to, when alternating current is supplied from the alternating-current power supply unit in a case where the relay is turned off, detect whether there is an abnormality in at least one of the coil or the capacitor on the basis of a detected value of a current sensor.

Claims

1. A power receiving device comprising:

a module including a power receiving unit and a device unit, the power receiving unit including a coil and a capacitor, the power receiving unit being configured to contactlessly receive electric power that is output from a power transmitting device, the device unit including a coil and a capacitor, the device unit being provided between the power receiving unit and an electrical storage device, the electrical storage device being configured to store electric power received by the power receiving unit;

a first relay provided between the device unit and the electrical storage device;

an alternating-current power supply unit configured to supply alternating current to a power line provided closer to the power receiving unit than the first relay;

a current sensor configured to detect a current flowing through the power line; and

an electronic control unit configured to, when alternating current is supplied from the alternating-current power supply unit to the power line in a case where the first relay is in a power interrupted state, detect whether there is an abnormality in at least one of the coil or the capacitor based on a detected value of the current sensor.

2. The power receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second relay provided between the power receiving unit and the device unit, wherein

the coil includes a first coil provided in the device unit,

the capacitor includes a first capacitor provided in the device unit,

the alternating-current power supply unit is electrically connected between the first relay and the second relay,

the current sensor is configured to detect a current flowing through a power line provided between the first relay and the second relay, and

the electronic control unit is configured to, when alternating current is supplied from the alternating-current power supply unit in a case where the first relay and the second relay are in a power interrupted state, detect whether there is an abnormality in at least one of the first coil or the first capacitor based on the detected value of the current sensor.

3. The power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the coil further includes a second coil provided in the power receiving unit,

the capacitor further includes a second capacitor provided in the power receiving unit, and

the electronic control unit is configured to, after the electronic control unit detects that there is no abnormality in the first coil or the first capacitor, set the second relay in an energized state and detect whether there is an abnormality in at least one of the second coil or the second capacitor based on the detected value of the current sensor.

4. The power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the device unit includes a rectifier circuit and a filter circuit, the rectifier circuit is configured to rectify electric power received by the power receiving unit, the filter circuit is provided between the power receiving unit and the rectifier circuit,

the first coil and the first capacitor are included in the filter circuit,

the capacitor further includes a third capacitor provided in the rectifier circuit,

the current sensor includes a first current sensor and a second current sensor, the first current sensor is configured to detect a current flowing through a power line provided between the second relay and the rectifier circuit, the second current sensor is configured to detect a current flowing through a power line provided between the rectifier circuit and the first relay,

the alternating-current power supply unit is electrically connected to a power line provided between the second relay and the filter circuit, and

the electronic control unit is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in the filter circuit or the power receiving unit based on a detected value of the first current sensor, and the electronic control unit is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in the rectifier circuit based on a detected value of the second current sensor.

5. The power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the device unit includes a rectifier circuit and a filter circuit, the rectifier circuit is configured to rectify electric power received by the power receiving unit, the filter circuit is provided between the power receiving unit and the rectifier circuit,

the first coil and the first capacitor are included in the filter circuit,

the capacitor further includes a third capacitor provided in the rectifier circuit,

the current sensor includes a first current sensor and a second current sensor, the first current sensor is configured to detect a current flowing through a power line provided between the second relay and the rectifier circuit, the second current sensor is configured to detect a current flowing through a power line provided between the rectifier circuit and the first relay,

the alternating-current power supply unit is electrically connected to a power line provided between the filter circuit and the rectifier circuit, and

the electronic control unit is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in the filter circuit or the power receiving unit based on a detected value of the first current sensor, and the electronic control unit is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in the rectifier circuit based on a detected value of the second current sensor.

6. The power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein

the device unit includes a rectifier circuit and a filter circuit, the rectifier circuit is configured to rectify electric power received by the power receiving unit, the filter circuit is provided between the power receiving unit and the rectifier circuit,

the first coil and the first capacitor are included in the filter circuit,

the capacitor further includes a third capacitor provided on an output side of a rectifier of the rectifier circuit,

the current sensor includes a first current sensor and a second current sensor, the first current sensor is configured to detect a current flowing through a power line provided between the second relay and the rectifier circuit, the second current sensor is configured to detect a current flowing through a power line provided between the rectifier circuit and the first relay,

the alternating-current power supply unit is electrically connected to the power line provided between the rectifier circuit and the first relay,

the power receiving device includes a bypass circuit and a third relay, the bypass circuit is configured to bypass the rectifier circuit, the third relay is provided in the bypass circuit,

the electronic control unit is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in the third capacitor based on a detected value of the second current sensor while setting the third relay in a power interrupted state, and the electronic control unit is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in the filter circuit or the power receiving unit based on a detected value of the first current sensor while setting the third relay in an energized state.

7. The power receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the alternating-current power supply unit is configured to change a frequency of the alternating current, and

the electronic control unit is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in the coil or the capacitor based on the detected values of the current sensor for alternating currents respectively having different frequencies.

8. The power receiving device according to claim 1, wherein

the device unit includes a rectifier circuit, a filter circuit and an isolation transformer, the rectifier circuit is configured to rectify electric power received by the power receiving unit, the filter circuit is provided between the power receiving unit and the rectifier circuit, and the isolation transformer is provided between the power receiving unit and the filter circuit.