Coil unit, wireless power transmission device, wireless power receiving device, and wireless power transmission system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11146122-B2
Application number	US-202016811417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2020
Priority date	Mar 19, 2019
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

A coil unit including: a magnetic body including a first and second main face facing the first main face; a first coil made of a first conductor winding spirally around a first axis; and a second coil made of a second conductor winding spirally around a second axis, wherein the first coil has a first coil face intersecting the first axis and is disposed wherein the first coil face faces the first main face, the second coil has a second coil face intersecting the second axis and is disposed so the second coil face faces the second main face, the first coil face has a first opening, the second coil face has second opening, part of an inner edge of the second opening is separated from the magnetic body, and the second coil generates a magnetic field in the opposite direction of a magnetic field generated by the first coil.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coil unit comprising:
a magnetic body that includes a first main face and a second main face facing the first main face;
a first coil made of a first conductor winding spirally around a first axis; and
a second coil made of a second conductor winding spirally around a second axis once or more,
wherein the first coil has a first coil face intersecting the first axis and is disposed such that the first coil face faces the first main face,
the second coil has a second coil face intersecting the second axis and is disposed such that the second coil face faces the second main face,
the first coil face has a first opening,
the second coil face has a second opening,
at least a part of an inner edge of the second opening is separated from the magnetic body, and
the second coil is configured to generate a magnetic field in a direction opposite to a direction of a magnetic field generated by the first coil.

2. The coil unit according to claim 1 , further comprising, a first electromagnetic shield that has a third main face and is disposed such that the third main face faces the second main face,
wherein at least a part of the first electromagnetic shield is surrounded by the second conductor in the second opening, and
as viewed in an axial direction of the second axis, an outline of the first electromagnetic shield is included inside an outline of the second opening.

3. The coil unit according to claim 1 , further comprising, a first electromagnetic shield that has a third main face and is disposed such that the third main face faces the second main face,
wherein the second coil is positioned between the first electromagnetic shield and the second main face, and
as viewed in an axial direction of the second axis, an outline of the first electromagnetic shield is included inside an outline of the second opening.

4. The coil unit according to claim 1 , further comprising, a first electromagnetic shield that has a third main face and is disposed such that the third main face faces the second main face,
wherein the second coil is positioned between the first electromagnetic shield and the second main face, and
as viewed in an axial direction of the second axis, the first electromagnetic shield has a part positioned outside an outline of the second coil.

5. The coil unit according to claim 3 , further comprising, a second electromagnetic shield that has a fourth main face and is disposed such that the fourth main face faces the second main face,
wherein the second electromagnetic shield includes protrusion parts,
the protrusion parts are protruding from both end parts in a first direction orthogonal to the second axis to a second direction from the second main face to the second coil of an axial direction of the second axis,
the protrusion part include an electromagnetic shield,
at least a part of the protrusion part is disposed inside an area surrounded by the second conductor, and
the first electromagnetic shield is provided at a tip end of the protrusion part.

6. The coil unit according to claim 4 , further comprising, a second electromagnetic shield that has a fourth main face and is disposed such that the fourth main face faces the second main face,
wherein the second electromagnetic shield includes protrusion parts,
the protrusion parts are protruding from both end parts in a first direction orthogonal to the second axis to a second direction from the second main face to the second coil of an axial direction of the second axis,
the protrusion part include an electromagnetic shield,
at least a part of the protrusion part is disposed inside an area surrounded by the second conductor, and
the first electromagnetic shield is provided at a tip end of the protrusion part.

7. The coil unit according to claim 1 , wherein the number of times of winding of the second conductor in the second coil is smaller than the number of times of winding of the first conductor in the first coil.

8. The coil unit according to claim 2 , wherein the number of times of winding of the second conductor in the second coil is smaller than the number of times of winding of the first conductor in the first coil.

9. The coil unit according to claim 3 , wherein the number of times of winding of the second conductor in the second coil is smaller than the number of times of winding of the first conductor in the first coil.

10. The coil unit according to claim 4 , wherein the number of times of winding of the second conductor in the second coil is smaller than the number of times of winding of the first conductor in the first coil.

11. A wireless power transmission device comprising the coil unit according to claim 1 .

12. A wireless power transmission device comprising the coil unit according to claim 2 .

13. A wireless power transmission device comprising the coil unit according to claim 3 .

14. A wireless power receiving device comprising the coil unit according to claim 1 .

15. A wireless power receiving device comprising the coil unit according to claim 2 .

16. A wireless power receiving device comprising the coil unit according to claim 3 .

17. A wireless power transmission system comprising:
a wireless power transmission device; and
a wireless power receiving device,
wherein at least one of the wireless power transmission device and the wireless power receiving device includes the coil unit according to claim 1 .

18. A wireless power transmission system comprising:
a wireless power transmission device; and
a wireless power receiving device,
wherein at least one of the wireless power transmission device and the wireless power receiving device includes the coil unit according to claim 2 .

19. A wireless power transmission system comprising:
a wireless power transmission device; and
a wireless power receiving device,
wherein at least one of the wireless power transmission device and the wireless power receiving device includes the coil unit according to claim 3 .

Assignees

• Tdk Corp

Inventors

• Kitagawa Hiroya
• Suzuki Mitsunari

Classifications

• H01F27/36

  Electric or magnetic shields or screens (movable for varying inductance H01F21/10) · CPC title

• H02J50/12

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H01F38/14 Primary

  Inductive couplings {(for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10)} · CPC title

• H01F27/366

  made of ferromagnetic material · CPC title

• H02J7/02

  for charging batteries from AC mains by converters · CPC title