IP Library Granted Patent US 10,374,467
Granted Patent B2
US 10,374,467 · App. 15/472,739 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Coil unit, wireless power feeding device, wireless power receiving device and wireless power transmission device

Inventors: Takuya Murashige (Tokyo, JP); Masahide Ohnishi (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Sugasawa (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
H02J50/60B60L53/12H01F27/02H01F27/2823H01F38/14H02J7/025H02J50/10H02J50/70H01F27/365
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Patent No.
US 10,374,467
App. No.
15/472,739
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coil unit provided on a ground side, including a coil, at least one sensor for detecting an object existing above or around the coil unit, a housing for accommodating the coil and the at least one sensor, wherein, the housing is provided with a dividing plate and at least one pillar for maintaining the internal space of the space for sensor, the dividing plate divides the space into a space for coil and a space for sensor located vertically above the space for coil, the space for coil is for accommodating the coil and the space for sensor is for accommodating the at least one sensor, and the at least one sensor is disposed on the dividing plate without contacting with an upper inner surface portion of the housing in the space for sensor.

Claims (32)

1. A coil unit provided on a ground side, comprising

a coil,

at least one sensor for detecting an object existing above or around the coil unit, and

a housing for accommodating the coil and the at least one sensor,

wherein, the housing is provided with a dividing plate and at least one pillar, in which the dividing plate is for dividing the space into a space for coil and a space for sensor located vertically above the space for coil, and the space for coil is for accommodating the coil and the space for sensor is for accommodating the at least one sensor, and the at least one pillar is for maintaining the internal space of the space for sensor,

and the at least one sensor is disposed on the dividing plate without contacting with an upper inner surface portion of the housing in the space for sensor.

2. The coil unit according to claim 1 , wherein,

the at least one sensor is a coil for detecting metal.

3. The coil unit according to claim 1 , wherein,

the at least one sensor has a hole penetrating in a vertical direction and the at least one pillar passes through the hole of the at least one sensor to extend vertically.

4. The coil unit according to claim 1 , wherein,

the at least one sensor comprises a plurality of sensors.

5. The coil unit according to claim 1 , wherein,

the at least one pillar comprises a plurality of pillars.

6. The coil unit according to claim 1 , wherein,

the housing has a projecting part extending vertically downward from the dividing plate in the space for coil.

7. The coil unit according to claim 6 , wherein,

the projecting part has a shape of a hollow tubular.

8. The coil unit according to claim 6 , wherein,

the coil is wound with the inner peripheral edge in contact with the projecting part.

9. The coil unit according to claim 1 , wherein,

the coil is a coil in which the feeding and receiving of an alternating current power is performed through a magnetic field.

10. A wireless power feeding device provided on the ground side, wherein,

the wireless power feeding device comprises the coil unit according to claim 1 .

11. A wireless power receiving device provided on the ground side, wherein,

the wireless power receiving device comprises the coil unit according to claim 1 .

12. A wireless power transmission device comprising a wireless power feeding device provided on a ground side and a wireless power receiving device mounted in a vehicle, wherein,

the wireless power feeding device is the wireless power feeding device according to claim 10 .

13. A wireless power transmission device comprising a wireless power feeding device mounted in a vehicle and a wireless power receiving device provided on a ground side, wherein,

the wireless power receiving device is the wireless power receiving device according to claim 11 .

14. A wireless power transmission device comprising a power supply device on a vehicle side mounted in the vehicle and a power supply device on the ground side in which the feeding and receiving of electric power is performed wirelessly between the power supply device on the vehicle side and the power supply device on the ground side, wherein,

the power supply device on the ground side comprises the coil unit according to claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2017
From: MURASHIGE, TAKUYA; OHNISHI, MASAHIDE; SUGASAWA, MASAYUKI; KOBAYASHI, MASAYUKI
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041784/0932 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-067815 · Mar 30, 2016 · national
JP 2017-025161 · Feb 14, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170288469A1 · Oct 5, 2017