Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Foreign matter detection device
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Application No.: US15504053Application Date: 2015-10-23
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Publication No.: US09885798B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Adachi
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: JP2014-223730 20141031
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/005336 WO 20151023
- International Announcement: WO2016/067575 WO 20160506
- Main IPC: H02J17/00
- IPC: H02J17/00 ; G01V3/08 ; G01V3/10 ; G08B13/24 ; G01N27/82 ; G01V9/00 ; H02J50/60

Abstract:
A foreign matter detection device is mounted on a non-contact power supply system that supplies power in a non-contact manner from a power supply unit to a power reception unit. The foreign matter detection device includes a magnetic field sensor and a magnetic field generation unit. The magnetic field sensor detects an amount of magnetic flux that changes due to foreign matter existing between the power supply unit and the power reception unit. The magnetic field generation unit is provided separately from the power supply unit and the power reception unit, includes a magnetic field generation coil unit, and generates a magnetic field for driving the magnetic field sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170276820A1 FOREIGN MATTER DETECTION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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