Arrangement for the inductive wireless delivery of energy

• US 9,412,514 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Komma, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleming, Fritz M
• Application Number:
  US13/916,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20130334891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104, 320/108, 320/109
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling

Abstract

An arrangement for the inductive wireless transmission of energy to a receiver coil of an electrically operated vehicle includes a controllable power supply, an electrically conductive first coil of circular shape, and an electrically conductive second coil of circular shape. The first and second coils are connected to the controllable power supply such that a current direction in the second coil is directed opposite to a current direction in the first coil.

Claims

1. An arrangement for the inductive wireless delivery of energy, comprising:

a controllable power supply;

a floor-mounted winding assembly including an electrically conductive first coil of circular shape, said first coil being connected to the controllable power supply, an electrically conductive second coil of circular shape, said second coil being connected to the power supply such that a current direction in the second coil is directed opposite to a current direction in the first coil, and a core element connecting central regions of the first and second coils; and

a vehicle-mounted cylindrical winding operated by the floor-mounted winding assembly.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, constructed for the inductive wireless delivery of energy to a receiver coil of an electrically operated vehicle.

3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first and second coils are arranged in a coplanar manner.

4. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first and second coils are of equal size.

5. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first coil has a center and is defined by a diameter, and the second coil has a center and is defined by a diameter, the centers of the first and second coils being spaced from one another at a distance which is at least one and a half times their diameter.

6. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the core element is an iron core element sized to extend from the central region of the first coil to the central region of the second coil.

7. The arrangement of claim 6, wherein the iron core element is a ferrite element.

8. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the power supply has a communication device for communication with an electrically operated vehicle, said power supply configured to receive control data for an electric charge from the vehicle and to direct supplied current into the first and second coils.