Electrical power receiving apparatus and electrical power receiving method

US9018901B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9018901-B2
Application numberUS-201213816783-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 23, 2012
Priority dateMar 8, 2011
Publication dateApr 28, 2015
Grant dateApr 28, 2015

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This electrical power-receiving apparatus makes it possible to suppress a decline in power supply efficiency in a variety of different circumstances while avoiding an increase in circuit scale. This apparatus comprises an impedance control unit ( 307 ) for sequentially switching through any one of a plurality of charging devices in a charging device group ( 310 ), as candidate charging devices for a supply destination to which electrical power is to be supplied. The impedance control unit ( 307 ) also selects from the candidates a charging device to which electrical power is actually supplied, on the basis of the difference between the impedance of the charging device group ( 310 ) for each candidate and the impedance of an electrical power receiving antenna unit ( 301 ), and causes electrical power to be supplied to the selected charging device.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An electrical power receiving apparatus comprising: an electrical power receiving antenna section that receives electrical power; a first impedance measurement section that measures impedance of the electrical power receiving antenna section; a charging apparatus group that has a plurality of charging apparatuses and accumulates the electrical power; a second impedance measurement section that measures impedance of the charging apparatus group; a…

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What does patent US9018901B2 cover?
This electrical power-receiving apparatus makes it possible to suppress a decline in power supply efficiency in a variety of different circumstances while avoiding an increase in circuit scale. This apparatus comprises an impedance control unit ( 307 ) for sequentially switching through any one of a plurality of charging devices in a charging device group ( 310 ), as candidate charging devices …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nishikawa Takayuki, Takeuchi Kazuma, Senga Satoshi, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01M10/44. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 28 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).