IP Library Granted Patent US 8,022,801
Granted Patent B2
US 8,022,801 · App. 12/071,255 · Granted Sep 20, 2011

Coil unit and electronic instrument

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,022,801
App. No.
12/071,255
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coil unit includes a planar air-core coil that has an air-core section, a printed circuit board that is disposed on a transmission side of the planar air-core coil, and a magnetic sheet that is disposed on a non-transmission side of the planar air-core coil opposite to the transmission side. The planar air-core coil includes a lead line connected to an inner end of the planar air-core coil over the transmission side, and the printed circuit board includes a receiving section that receives the lead line.

Claims (32)

1. A coil unit comprising:

a planar air-core coil that has an air-core section;

a printed circuit board that is disposed on a transmission side of the planar air-core coil; and

a magnetic sheet that is disposed on a non-transmission side of the planar air-core coil, the non-transmission side being opposite to the transmission side, the planar air-core coil including a lead line connected to an inner end of the planar air-core coil over the transmission side; and

the printed circuit board including a receiving section that houses the line so that an increase in a thickness of the coil unit due to the lead line is reduced.

2. The coil unit as defined in claim 1 ,

the printed circuit board including a through-hole that faces an air-core section of the planar air-core coil.

3. The coil unit as defined in claim 2 ,

a diameter of the through-hole that is formed in the printed circuit board being smaller than a diameter of the air-core section of the planar air-core coil; and

the coil unit further including a temperature detection section that is provided on a side of the printed circuit board that is placed over the planar air-core coil, the temperature detection section being provided at a position that is near the through-hole and inside an edge of the air-core section.

4. The coil unit as defined in claim 1 ,

the coil unit further including a temperature detection section that is provided on a side of the printed circuit board opposite to a side that is placed over the planar air-core coil, the temperature detection section being provided at a position on a periphery of the through-hole.

5. An electronic instrument comprising a housing that receives the coil unit as defined in claim 1 ,

the housing of the electronic instrument including a coil positioning protrusion that is formed on an inner surface of the housing, the coil positioning protrusion being inserted into the air-core section of the planar air-core coil through the through-hole that is formed in the printed circuit board to position the planar air-core coil.

6. The electronic instrument as defined in claim 5 ,

the housing of the electronic instrument including a positioning target section that determines a position of a charger.

7. The coil unit according to claim 1 ,

the receiving section is defined as an opening in the printed circuit board, and

the lead line is housed along a perimeter of the receiving section.

8. A coil unit comprising:

a planar air-core coil that has an air-core section;

a magnetic sheet that is disposed on a non-transmission side of the planar air-core coil, a first side of the magnetic sheet being placed on the planar air-core coil; and

a printed circuit board that is disposed on a second side of the magnetic sheet,

the planar air-core coil including a lead line connected to an inner end of the planar air-core coil, the lead line being provided on the non-transmission side; and

the printed circuit board including a receiving section that houses the lead line so that an increase in a thickness of the coil unit due to the lead line is reduced.

9. A coil unit comprising:

a planar air-core coil that has an air-core section;

a printed circuit board that is disposed on a transmission side of the planar air-core coil; and

a magnetic sheet that is disposed on a non-transmission side of the planar air-core coil,

the planar air-core coil including a lead line connected to an inner end of the planar air-core coil, the lead line being provided on the transmission side; and

the printed circuit board including a receiving section that houses the lead line so that an increase in a thickness of the coil unit due to the lead line is reduced.

10. An electronic instrument comprising the coil unit as defined in claim 9 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047567/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2008
From: KONDO, YOICHIRO; OKADA, HIROFUMI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020573/0242 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2007-039890 · Feb 20, 2007 · national
JP 2007-328245 · Dec 20, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080197957A1 · Aug 21, 2008