Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle and contactless power supply system for adjusting impedence based on power transfer efficiency
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Application No.: US14427547Application Date: 2013-09-05
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Publication No.: US09649946B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Shinji Ichikawa , Toru Nakamura , Kazuma Tokuyama
- Applicant: Shinji Ichikawa , Toru Nakamura , Kazuma Tokuyama
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota JP Kobe-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota JP Kobe-shi
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2012-201491 20120913
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/001912 WO 20130905
- International Announcement: WO2014/041410 WO 20140320
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; B60L11/18 ; H02J5/00 ; H02J7/02 ; B60L11/00 ; B60L11/14 ; B60L15/20

Abstract:
A contactless power supply system contactlessly supplies electric power from a power transmitting device to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a power receiving unit contactlessly receiving electric power from the power transmitting device, an electrical storage device storing electric power received by the power receiving unit, and a vehicle ECU. The power transmitting device includes a power supply unit, a power transmitting unit contactlessly supplying electric power, supplied from the power supply unit, to the power receiving unit and a matching transformer used to adjust an impedance between the power supply unit and the power transmitting unit. The vehicle ECU is able to output, to the power transmitting device, a command to adjust the matching transformer, and sets an impedance of the matching transformer on the basis of a power transfer efficiency between the power transmitting unit and the power receiving unit while the electrical storage device is being charged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150224883A1 VEHICLE AND CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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