Electric power transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10862341-B2
Application number	US-201716344703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	Oct 28, 2016
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

An electric power transmission device capable of efficiently performing contactless electric power transmission to an underwater vehicle in water is provided. The electric power transmission device, which is an electric power transmission device transmitting electric power to an electric power reception device including an electric power reception coil in water, includes one or more transmission coils including an electric power transmission coil which transmits electric power to an electric power reception coil via a magnetic field, an electric power transmission unit which transmits AC power to an electric power transmission coil, a capacitor which is connected to the transmission coil and forms a resonant circuit which resonates with the transmission coil, and a buoyant body connected to at least one of the transmission coils.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric power transmission device which transmits electric power to an electric power reception device including an electric power reception coil in water, the electric power transmission device comprising:
one or more transmission coils including an electric power transmission coil which transmits electric power to the electric power reception coil via a magnetic field;
an electric power transmission unit which transmits AC power to the electric power transmission coil;
a capacitor which is connected to the transmission coil and forms a resonant circuit which resonates with the transmission coil; and
a buoyant body connected to at least one of the transmission coils.

2. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connector,
wherein the transmission coil includes at least one booster coil which transmits electric power to the electric power reception coil by using a magnetic field from the electric power transmission coil, and
wherein the connector connects the electric power transmission coil and the booster coil.

3. The electric power transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein the buoyant body is connected to the connector.

4. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reflection coil which reflects the magnetic field generated by the electric power transmission coil towards water bottom.

5. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of buoyant bodies are connected at equal intervals in the transmission coil.

6. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the buoyant body is connected to the transmission coil via a cable and is filled with air.

7. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the buoyant body is in contact with an inner periphery or an outer periphery of the transmission coil.

8. The electric power transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the buoyant body is filled with oil.

9. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the buoyant body includes a part of the transmission coil inside the buoyant body.

10. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the buoyant body is formed into a tubular shape and an annular shape and includes the transmission coil inside the buoyant body.

11. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the buoyant body is formed of a different material according to a water depth in which the transmission coil is disposed.

12. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein in the transmission coil, a periphery of an electric wire formed in an annular shape is covered with a covering material, and oil is filled between the electric wire and the covering material.

13. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission coil transmits electric power in a direction substantially orthogonal to the water surface.

14. The electric power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission coil transmits the electric power and communicates data.

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Koyanagi Yoshio
• Eguchi Kazuhiro
• Kawata Souichi
• Deguchi Futoshi
• Okamoto Katsuya
• Hasaba Ryosuke
• Ura Tamaki

Classifications

• H02J50/50

  using additional energy repeaters between transmitting devices and receiving devices · CPC title

• B60L53/12 Primary

  Inductive energy transfer · CPC title

• H02J50/12 Primary

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H01Q1/04

  Adaptation for subterranean or subaqueous use · CPC title

• B60L53/122

  Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil · CPC title