Parking facility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9592740-B2
Application number	US-201214007773-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2012
Priority date	Mar 30, 2011
Publication date	Mar 14, 2017
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017

Abstract

The parking facility to store a vehicle (M) in a storage space (S) in a state where the vehicle (M) is mounted on a pallet ( 2 ) includes: the pallet ( 2 ) in which a portion thereof corresponding to a power-receiving coil (m 1 ) of the vehicle (M) has magnetic field transmissibility; a power-transmitting coil ( 3 ) disposed so as to face the portion having the magnetic field transmissibility; and a facility control drive device ( 4, 5, 6 ) to supply electric power to the power-transmitting coil ( 3 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A parking facility to store in a storage space, a vehicle including a power-receiving coil the parking facility comprising:
a pallet on which the vehicle is mounted;
a power-transmitting coil wirelessly transmitting electric power to the power-receiving coil; and
a facility control drive device to supply electric power to the power-transmitting coil,
wherein a portion of the pallet corresponding to the power-receiving coil has magnetic field transmissibility, and
the power-transmitting coil is disposed under the pallet so as to face the portion having magnetic field transmissibility.

2. The parking facility according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power-transmitting coil is provided in the storage space, and
the facility control drive device starts to supply electric power to the power-transmitting coil when detecting that the vehicle together with the pallet is stored in the storage space.

3. The parking facility according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power-transmitting coil is provided in part of a plurality of storage spaces, and
the facility control drive device makes the vehicle be stored in the storage space provided with the power-transmitting coil, the vehicle which has been judged capable of receiving electric power, and supplies electric power to the power-transmitting coil.

4. The parking facility according to claim 1 ,
wherein the facility control drive device judges whether the vehicle is capable of receiving electric power, by communication with the vehicle through the power-transmitting coil.

5. The parking facility according to claim 1 ,
wherein the portion having the magnetic field transmissibility is an opening.

6. The parking facility according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pallet is configured to move to the storage space in a state where the vehicle is mounted on the pallet, and
the power-transmitting coil is provided in the storage space.

7. The parking facility according to claim 5 ,
wherein the opening is filled with a magnetic field transmissible material.

8. A parking facility to store in a storage space, a vehicle including a power-receiving coil, the parking facility comprising:
a pallet on which the vehicle is mounted; and
a power-transmitting coil wirelessly transmitting electric power to the power-receiving coil,
wherein a portion of the pallet corresponding to the power-receiving coil has magnetic field transmissibility, and
the power-transmitting coil is disposed under the pallet so as to face the portion having magnetic field transmissibility.

Assignees

• Niizuma Motonao
• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Niizuma Motonao

Classifications

• B60L53/302

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• H02J7/42

  with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones · CPC title

• H02J7/90

  Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage · CPC title

• Y02T90/12

  Electric charging stations · CPC title

• Y02T90/14

  Plug-in electric vehicles · CPC title