Omron Corporation

Hiroaki Ota

Goro Nakao

Yusuke Kawai

Yuki Ito

Ken Onozaka

Atsushi Nomura

Mitsunori Sugiura

Taichi Mishima

Kenichi Tabata

Daiki Ando

A power transmitting apparatus included in the contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power supply circuit that supplies AC power having a predetermined drive frequency to a transmission coil for supplying power to a power receiving apparatus, a first coil and a first capacitor that are connected between the power supply circuit and the transmission coil, a second capacitor that is connected at first end to the first capacitor and is connected at a second end to the second end of the transmission coil, and a control circuit. Also, the power receiving apparatus includes a receiver coil for receiving power, and a resonant circuit that includes a resonance capacitor that resonates together with the receiver coil. Also, the control circuit of the power transmitting apparatus controls the power supply circuit such that the predetermined drive frequency falls within a predetermined frequency range including a resonance frequency of the resonant circuit.

Contactless power feeding apparatus

A power transmitting apparatus included in a contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power supply circuit that supplies AC power having a predetermined drive frequency to a transmission coil for supplying power to a power receiving apparatus, a power receiving circuit that receives returning power transmitted from the power receiving apparatus, a control circuit that controls, according to a voltage of the returning power, the power supply circuit such that an output voltage of the power receiving apparatus is in a predetermined allowable range. Also, the power receiving apparatus includes a resonant circuit for receiving power via the transmission coil of the power transmitting apparatus, a rectifier circuit that rectifies power received via the resonant circuit, and a power transmitting circuit that transmits the returning power according to a voltage of power output from the rectifier circuit to the power transmitting apparatus.

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Hiroaki Ota