Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contactless power transmission device
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Application No.: US15036289Application Date: 2014-11-25
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Publication No.: US10173540B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Satoshi Taniguchi , Shinji Ichikawa
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2013-256026 20131211
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/081020 WO 20141125
- International Announcement: WO2015/087693 WO 20150618
- Main IPC: H02J50/60
- IPC: H02J50/60 ; H02J50/80 ; B60L11/18 ; H02J50/40 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J50/90 ; H02J50/12 ; H02J7/02 ; B60M7/00

Abstract:
A contactless power transmission device includes: a plurality of power transmission coil units; a plurality of detection units configured to detect a foreign substance on and around each power transmission coil unit; a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle; and a control unit configured to select one of the plurality of power transmission coil units based on information about a mounting position of a power reception device from the vehicle obtained by the communication unit, and to guide, when a detection unit detects a foreign substance at the selected power transmission coil unit, the vehicle toward a power transmission coil unit different from the selected power transmission coil unit, before the vehicle stops. This can prevent a reduction in power transfer efficiency due to a foreign substance or the like in a power transmission device including a plurality of power transmission coils.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160272071A1 CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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