Detachable seat wireless power transfer and communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11394243-B2
Application number	US-202017036689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Jan 29, 2020
Publication date	Jul 19, 2022
Grant date	Jul 19, 2022

Abstract

A detachable seat wireless power transfer and communication system includes: a seat assembly including a seat receiver configured to receive power wirelessly and a seat controller to control the seat receiver; a vehicle assembly spaced apart from the seat assembly at a lower end of the seat assembly; a front hook spaced apart from the seat assembly at a lower end of a front portion of the seat assembly in a length direction to fix a first end of the seat assembly to a vehicle body; a rear latch spaced apart from the seat assembly at a lower end of a rear portion of the seat assembly in the length direction to fix a second end of the seat assembly to the vehicle body; and a front hook switch spaced apart from the vehicle assembly. The vehicle assembly includes a vehicle transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the power to the seat assembly, and a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle transmitter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A detachable seat wireless power transfer and communication system comprising:
a seat assembly comprising:
a seat receiver configured to receive power wirelessly; and
a seat controller configured to control the seat receiver;
a front hook located at a lower end of a front portion of the seat assembly in a length direction, the front hook configured to fix a first end of the seat assembly to a vehicle body; and
a rear latch located at a lower end of a rear portion of the seat assembly in the length direction, the rear latch configured to fix a second end of the seat assembly to the vehicle body;

a vehicle assembly spaced apart from the seat assembly at a lower end of the seat assembly; the vehicle assembly comprising:
a front hook switch positioned to correspond to the front hook,
a vehicle transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the power to the seat assembly; and
a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle transmitter,

wherein, when a first end of the front hook contacts the front hook switch, the seat controller and the vehicle controller mutually transmit and receive seat information and vehicle information with each other through wireless communication.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the seat information includes at least one of a seat mounted state, whether or not a passenger sits on a seat, or whether or not the passenger fastens a safety belt, and
wherein the vehicle information includes at least one of whether a vehicle has started or not or a vehicle speed.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a rear latch engagement part connected to the vehicle assembly and disposed to correspond to the rear latch; and
rear latch switches disposed inside the rear latch.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein, when the rear latch contacts the rear latch engagement part, the vehicle transmitter is configured to supply the power to the seat receiver.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein:
when a current value of the vehicle assembly exceeds a predetermined reference value, the vehicle transmitter is configured to stop supplying the power wirelessly; and
when a voltage value of the seat assembly is less than a predetermined reference value in a state in which the vehicle transmitter supplies the power wirelessly to turn on an electronic unit, the seat controller is configured to transmit information to the vehicle controller through wireless communication and the vehicle transmitter is configured to stop supplying the power.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the power is supplied wirelessly to the electronic unit mounted on a seat.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the electronic unit comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a heater, a ventilation seat, a headrest, a lumbar support and a cushion extension.

8. The system of claim 4 , wherein the power is wirelessly supplied based on an electromagnetic induction method or an electromagnetic resonance method.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication uses at least one communication network selected from the group consisting of Ethernet, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wireless Broadband (WiBro), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), ZigBee, Bluetooth, Ultra-wideband (UWB), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Shared Wireless Access Protocol (SWAP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Cellular IoT, Low Power Wide Area (LPWA), NarrowBand-Internet of Things (IoT) and Long Range (LoRa).

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Daewon San Up Co Ltd
• Amosense Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Tae Su
• Han Bo Hyeon
• Kim Dong Hwi
• Na Won San
• Hur Jae Myung
• Lim Jong Ho

Classifications

• B60N2/90

  Details or parts not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• Y02T90/14

  Plug-in electric vehicles · CPC title

• H02J50/12 Primary

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• B60R16/023

  for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems · CPC title

• H02J50/005

  Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices · CPC title