Shield apparatus and wireless power supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9994112-B2
Application number	US-201615013419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2016
Priority date	Aug 5, 2013
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A shield apparatus is used during wireless power supply from a power-transmitting coil to a power-receiving coil of a vehicle, and includes a multilayer magnetic shield member installed around the power-transmitting coil and arranged so as to surround a space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil during supply of electric power.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shield apparatus used during wireless power supply from a power-transmitting coil to a power-receiving coil of a vehicle, the shield apparatus comprising:
a multilayer magnetic shield member installed around the power-transmitting coil and arranged so as to surround a space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil during supply of electric power, wherein
the multilayer magnetic shield member comprises a base member configured to swell and shrink.

2. The shield apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base member comprises a plurality of base materials disposed in layers, and
the multilayer magnetic shield member comprises:
a shield formed of at least one of a magnetic material and a conductive material on surfaces of the base materials comprised in the base member.

3. The shield apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a cover member provided on an upper part of the multilayer magnetic shield member so as to cover an upper side of the power-transmitting coil and the multilayer magnetic shield member.

4. The shield apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein at least part of the cover member overlapping with the power-transmitting coil in plan view is formed of a non-magnetic material.

5. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 4 .

6. The shield apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the multilayer magnetic shield member is configured to be accommodated in a space between the cover member and a ground surface in a state of being folded when the base member shrinks.

7. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 6 .

8. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 3 .

9. The shield apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a supply-and-exhaust device performing supply and exhaust of gas used for swelling and shrinking the base member of the multilayer magnetic shield member.

10. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 9 .

11. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 2 .

12. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 1 .

13. A shield apparatus shielding an electromagnetic field-generating space between a vehicle and a power-transmitting coil against the outside of the space during wireless power supply from the power-transmitting coil to the vehicle stopped at a power-supplying position within a power-supplying area, the shield apparatus comprising:
a first pedal member arranged at a position through which a tire of the vehicle travelling to the power-supplying position passes or at another position under the tire of the vehicle stopped at the power-supplying position;
a shield member shielding the electromagnetic field-generating space against the outside; and
a fixing mechanism configured to switch between a state where the first pedal member is fixed to the shield member and the first pedal member and the shield member are unified, and another state where unification of the first pedal member and the shield member is canceled,
wherein the shield member is configured to move between an accommodated position in which the electromagnetic field-generating space is opened to the outside, and an expanded position in which the electromagnetic field-generating space is shielded against the outside,
the first pedal member is configured to move between a standing position and a falling position, and
the shield member is configured to move from the accommodated position to the expanded position at the same time as movement of the first pedal member from the standing position to the falling position caused by a tire of the vehicle trampling down the first pedal member when the vehicle travels to the power-supplying position in a state where the fixing mechanism fixes the first pedal member to the shield member and unifies the first pedal member and the shield member together.

14. The shield apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising:
an ingress detector detecting ingress of the vehicle into the power-supplying area and outputting a detection signal;
a movement device moving the first pedal member from the falling position to the standing position; and
a controller controlling the movement device and the fixing mechanism,
wherein the controller is configured to control the movement device to move the first pedal member from the falling position to the standing position in a state where fixing of the first pedal member to the shield member by the fixing mechanism is canceled, while the shield member is held in the accommodated position, when the detection signal output from the ingress detector is input into the controller, and is configured to control the fixing mechanism to fix the first pedal member to the shield member.

15. The shield apparatus according to claim 14 ,
wherein the ingress detector is configured to obtain identification information of the vehicle entering the power-supplying area, and to output the detection signal to the controller when the ingress detector determines, based on the identification information, that the vehicle needs supply of electric power.

16. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 15 .

17. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 14 .

18. The shield apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a second pedal member fixed to the shield member and configured to move integrally with the shield member,
wherein the second pedal member is arranged at a position through which a tire of the vehicle passes, the vehicle travelling from the power-supplying position to the outside of the power-supplying area,
the second pedal member is configured to be at a falling position in a state where the shield member is at the accommodated position, and to be at a standing position in a state where the shield member is at the expanded position, and
the shield member is configured to move from the expanded position to the accommodated position at the same time as movement of the second pedal member from the standing position to the falling position caused by the tire of the vehicle trampling down the second pedal member when the vehicle travels from the power-supplying position to the outside of the power-supplying area.

19. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 18 .

20. A wireless power supply system comprising:
the shield apparatus and the power-transmitting coil according to claim 13 .

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Tokura Susumu
• Maekawa Yuji
• FURIYA Kentaro

Classifications

• H02J50/90

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

• B60L53/122

  Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil · CPC title

• Y02T10/7072

  Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors · CPC title

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title

• H01F38/14

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