IP Library Granted Patent US 11,338,686
Granted Patent B2
US 11,338,686 · App. 16/641,029 · Granted May 24, 2022

Inductive power transfer pad

Inventors: Simon Wechsler (Esslingen, DE); Roman Gunt (Heidelberg, DE)
Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
B60L53/12H02J7/0042H02J50/10B60Y2200/91
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Patent No.
US 11,338,686
App. No.
16/641,029
Granted
May 24, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inductive power transfer pad for a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle includes a stationary part and a movable part which, in a resting position, rests on the stationary part and which is upwardly movable in a Z-direction relative to the stationary part in order to reach a higher position. The stationary part has a frame surrounding the stationary part on at least three sides, the frame having at an upper edge which is oriented towards the movable part. The upper edge has at least one first supporting surface on which the movable part rests when it is in the resting position, wherein the at least one supporting surface on the upper edge is an inclined surface. The movable part includes at least one first contacting surface which contacts the at least one first supporting surface when the movable part is in the resting position, with the first contacting surface fitting to the first supporting surface.

Claims (18)

1. An inductive power transfer pad for a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle, the inductive power transfer pad comprising:

a stationary part; and

a movable part which, in a resting position, rests on the stationary part and which is upwardly movable in a Z-direction relative to the stationary part in order to reach a higher position,

wherein:

the stationary part comprises a frame surrounding the stationary part on at least three sides, the frame having at an upper edge which is oriented towards the movable part,

the upper edge has at least one first supporting surface on which the movable part rests when it is in the resting position,

the at least one first supporting surface on the upper edge is an inclined surface,

the movable part comprises at least one first contacting surface which directly and/or indirectly rests on the at least one first supporting surface when the movable part is in the resting position,

the first contacting surface fits to the first supporting surface, and

wherein the first contacting surface directly contacts the first supporting surface in the resting position or wherein one or more further elements are located between the first contacting surface and the first supporting surface in the resting position.

2. The inductive power transfer pad according to claim 1 , wherein two or more first contacting surfaces are present which are inclined in different directions.

3. The inductive power transfer pad according to claim 1 , wherein the movable part comprises a base, wherein the base comprises the first contacting surface.

4. The inductive power transfer pad according to claim 1 , wherein the stationary part comprises one or more protrusions in the Z-direction, each of the one or more protrusions comprising a second supporting surface, and

wherein the movable part comprises at its bottom side a second contacting surface which rests on the second supporting surface when the movable part is in the resting position.

5. The inductive power transfer pad according to claim 1 , wherein the movable part comprises an outer edge on an upper side which is a rounded edge or which comprises an inclining part.

6. The inductive power transfer pad according to claim 1 , wherein the movable part comprises at its bottom side a protrusion having a first lateral surface, wherein, in the resting position, the first lateral surface rests on a second lateral surface which is formed at the stationary part.

7. The inductive power transfer pad according to claim 1 , wherein one of the movable part and the stationary part comprises a protrusion which is placed in a recess of the stationary part or of the movable part when the movable part is in the resting position.

8. The inductive power transfer pad according to claim 1 , further comprising an electronic housing, and a receiving section for the movable part, wherein the electronic housing comprises, on its outside, a third supporting surface which is an inclined surface, wherein a third contacting surface, which is formed at the movable part, rests on the third supporting surface when the movable part is in the resting position, and wherein the third contacting surface fits to the third supporting surface.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE 2ND, 16TH AND 27TH PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 66174 FRAME: 419. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: IPT TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ENRX IPT GMBH
Reel/Frame 068169/0530 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 1. US 10,200,803 CORRECT TO US 10,300,803; 2. 10,514,122 CORRECT TO US 10,514,112; 3. US 10,453,753 CORRECT TO US 10,543,753 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 065891 FRAME: 0195. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 3, 2024
From: IPT GROUP B.V.
To: IPT TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 066188/0872 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 2, 2024
From: IPT TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ENRX IPT GMBH
Reel/Frame 066174/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: IPT GROUP B.V.
To: IPT TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 065891/0195 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2023
From: BOMBARDIER PRIMOVE GMBH
To: IPT GROUP B.V.
Reel/Frame 064952/0816 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2020
From: WECHSLER, SIMON; GUNT, ROMAN
To: BOMBARDIER PRIMOVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 051889/0635 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1713676 · Aug 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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