Rotating body non-contact power-feeding device and torque sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9958345-B2
Application number	US-201515109453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2015
Priority date	Jan 20, 2014
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A rotating body non-contact power-feeding device comprises: a power receiving-side substrate with a power receiving-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a rotating shaft supported via a bearing and rotates as one with the rotating shaft; and a power transmitting-side substrate with a power transmitting-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a holding unit holding the bearing so that a substrate surface thereof faces opposite a substrate surface of the power receiving-side substrate and is connected with a power source, wherein: a power transmitting-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with a plurality of turns at a substrate surface facing opposite the power receiving-side substrate and the power transmitting-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power transmitting-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate back surface, a power receiving-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with at least one turn at a substrate surface facing opposite the power transmitting-side substrate and the power receiving-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power receiving-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate back surface; and the power transmitting-side coil and the power receiving-side coil are magnetically coupled with each other so as to allow power to be contactlessly fed from the power transmitting-side substrate to the power receiving-side substrate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotating body non-contact power-feeding device, comprising:
a power receiving-side substrate with a power receiving-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a rotating shaft supported via a bearing and rotates as one with the rotating shaft; and
a power transmitting-side substrate with a power transmitting-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a holding unit holding the bearing so that a substrate surface thereof faces opposite a substrate surface of the power receiving-side substrate and is connected with a power source, wherein:
a power transmitting-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with a plurality of turns at a substrate surface facing opposite the power receiving-side substrate and the power transmitting-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power transmitting-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate back surface,
a power receiving-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with at least one turn at a substrate surface facing opposite the power transmitting-side substrate and the power receiving-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power receiving-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate back surface; and
the power transmitting-side coil and the power receiving-side coil are magnetically coupled with each other so as to allow power to be contactlessly fed from the power transmitting-side substrate to the power receiving-side substrate, wherein
a looped first shield pattern is formed at the power transmitting-side substrate inward relative to the conductive pattern at the power transmitting-side coil so as to surround the rotating shaft, and
a looped second shield pattern is formed at the power receiving-side substrate inward relative to the conductive pattern at the power receiving-side coil so as to surround the rotating shaft.

2. The rotating body non-contact power-feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a gap between adjacent pattern line portions is set greater than a pattern line width in the conductive pattern at the power transmitting-side coil; and
the power receiving-side coil assumes a plurality of turns and a gap between adjacent pattern line portions is set greater than a pattern line width at the power receiving-side coil.

3. The rotating body non-contact power-feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the power receiving-side circuit component generates data to be transmitted to the power transmitting-side substrate; and
a load modulating circuit, which enables data transmission from the power receiving-side coil to the power transmitting-side coil by altering a power receiving side impedance based upon the data, is disposed at the power receiving-side substrate.

4. The rotating body non-contact power-feeding device according to claim 3 , wherein:
a Q value for the power receiving-side coil is set greater than a Q value for the power transmitting-side coil.

5. A torque sensor, comprising:
the rotating body non-contact power-feeding device according to claim 3 ; and
a torque measuring strain gauge fixed to the rotating shaft, which is engaged in operation with electric power fed from the power transmitting-side substrate to the power receiving-side substrate, wherein:
the load modulating circuit alters the power receiving side impedance based upon strain data detected via the torque measuring strain gauge.

6. The torque sensor according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a flexible cable that connects the torque measuring strain sensor to the power receiving-side substrate, wherein:
the torque measuring strain gauge is fixed to the rotating shaft so that the flexible cable is led out from the torque measuring strain gauge along a direction running away from the substrate surface at which the power receiving-side circuit component is mounted; and
the flexible cable led out from the torque measuring strain gauge is bent in a circular arc and is connected to the power receiving-side substrate.

7. The torque sensor according to claim 5 , wherein:
at least three through holes, at which the power transmitting-side substrate is screwed onto the holding unit, are formed in a peripheral area of the power transmitting-side substrate; and
the plurality of through holes are set apart from the center of the power transmitting-side coil formed at the power transmitting-side substrate by distances different from one another.

8. The rotating body non-contact power-feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least part of a pattern area where the conductive pattern is formed at the power transmitting-side coil faces opposite a pattern area where the conductive pattern is formed at the power receiving-side coil.

9. The rotating body non-contact power-feeding device according to claim 8 , wherein:
the power transmitting-side substrate and the power receiving-side substrate are each a circular substrate and the rotating shaft passes through the power transmitting-side substrate and the power receiving-side substrate so that an axial center thereof is in alignment with centers of the power transmitting-side coil and the power receiving-side coil;
a difference between an inner diameter of the power transmitting-side coil and an outer diameter of the rotating shaft is greater than a difference between an outer diameter of the power transmitting-side substrate and an outer diameter of the power transmitting-side coil; and
a difference between an inner diameter of the power receiving-side coil and the outer diameter of the rotating shaft is greater than a difference between an outer diameter of the power receiving-side substrate and an outer diameter of the power receiving-side coil.

10. A rotating body non-contact power-feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the power receiving-side circuit component and wiring connecting the power receiving-side circuit component are disposed at the power receiving-side substrate so that rotational symmetry is achieved with respect to centrifugal force applied to the power receiving-side substrate.

11. A rotating body non-contact power-feeding device, comprising:
a power receiving-side substrate with a power receiving-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a rotating shaft supported via a bearing and rotates as one with the rotating shaft; and
a power transmitting-side substrate with a power transmitting-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a holding unit holding the bearing so that a substrate surface thereof faces opposite a substrate surface of the power receiving-side substrate and is connected with a power source, wherein:
a power transmitting-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with a plurality of turns at a substrate surface facing opposite the power receiving-side substrate and the power transmitting-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power transmitting-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate back surface,
a power receiving-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with at least one turn at a substrate surface facing opposite the power transmitting-side substrate and the power receiving-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power receiving-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate back surface; and
the power transmitting-side coil and the

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Ichikawa Katsuei
• Soma Atsuo
• MIYAJIMA Kentarou
• Ashida Kisho
• Ishii Makoto
• Sasaki Motohiro
• Iwaishi Keisuke
• Urushihata Yuuya

Classifications

• H02J50/90

  involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment · CPC title

• G01L3/108 Primary

  involving resistance strain gauges · CPC title

• B62M6/50

  characterised by detectors or sensors, or arrangement thereof · CPC title

• H02J50/12

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H02J50/80

  involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices · CPC title