IP Library Granted Patent US 8,922,064
Granted Patent B2
US 8,922,064 · App. 13/209,868 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Wireless power feeder, wireless power receiver, and wireless power transmission system, and coil

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Patent No.
US 8,922,064
App. No.
13/209,868
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless power feeder feeds power from a feeding coil to a receiving coil by wireless using a magnetic field resonance phenomenon. The feeding coil is constructed in a rotatable manner. A power transmission control circuit that supplies AC power to the feeding coil so as to make the feeding coil feed the AC power to the receiving coil. The feeding coil is constructed such that the magnetic characteristics thereof in the circumferential direction are made non-uniform. Concretely, a magnetic body is installed at only a part of the circumference of the feeding coil to make the magnetic characteristics of the feeding coil in the circumferential direction non-uniform.

Claims (30)

1. A wireless power feeder that wirelessly feeds power from a feeding coil to a receiving coil using a magnetic field resonance phenomenon between the feeding coil and receiving coil, said feeder comprising:

the feeding coil constructed in a rotatable manner; and

a power transmission control circuit that supplies AC power to the feeding coil so as to make the feeding coil feed the AC power to the receiving coil,

the feeding coil being constructed such that magnetic characteristics thereof in a circumferential direction are made non-uniform.

2. The wireless power feeder according to claim 1 , wherein a magnetic body is installed at only a part of a circumference of the feeding coil to make the magnetic characteristics of the feeding coil in the circumferential direction non-uniform.

3. The wireless power feeder according to claim 1 , wherein the power transmission control circuit rotates the feeding coil so as to control the AC power to be fed from the feeding coil to the receiving coil.

4. A wireless power receiver that wirelessly receives, at a receiving coil, AC power fed from a feeding coil using a magnetic field resonance phenomenon between the feeding coil and receiving coil, said receiver comprising:

the receiving coil constructed in a rotatable manner; and

a loading circuit including a loading coil that is magnetically coupled to the receiving coil to receive the AC power from the receiving coil and a load that receives the AC power from the loading coil,

the receiving coil being constructed such that magnetic characteristics thereof in a circumferential direction thereof are made non-uniform.

5. The wireless power receiver according to claim 4 , wherein a magnetic body is installed at only a part of a circumference of the receiving coil to make the magnetic characteristics of the receiving coil in the circumferential direction non-uniform.

6. The wireless power receiver according to claim 4 , further comprising a power receiving control circuit that rotates the receiving coil so as to control the AC power received by the receiving coil.

7. A wireless power transmission system for wirelessly feeding power from a feeding coil to a receiving coil using a magnetic field resonance phenomenon between the feeding coil and receiving coil, said system comprising:

a wireless power feeder and a wireless power receiver,

the wireless power feeder including:

the feeding coil; and

a power transmission control circuit that supplies AC power to the feeding coil so as to make the feeding coil feed the AC power to the receiving coil,

the wireless power receiver including:

the receiving coil; and

a loading circuit including a loading coil that is magnetically coupled to the receiving coil to receive the AC power from the receiving coil and a load that receives the AC power from the loading coil, and

at least one of the feeding and receiving coils being constructed in a rotatable manner and constructed as a non-uniform type coil in which magnetic characteristics thereof in a circumferential direction are non-uniform.

8. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 7 , wherein

at least the receiving coil is constructed as the non-uniform type coil, and

the wireless power receiver further includes a power receiving control circuit that rotates the receiving coil so as to control the AC power received by the receiving coil.

9. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 7 , wherein

at least the feeding coil is constructed as the non-uniform type coil, and

the power transmission control circuit rotates the feeding coil so as to control the AC power to be fed from the feeding coil to the receiving coil.

10. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 7 , wherein

a plurality of wireless power receivers are provided for one wireless power feeder, and

AC power supplied from one feeding coil is received by one or more receiving coils.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030651/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2011
From: GOTANI, AKIRA
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026751/0026 →