Omron Corporation

Omron Oorporation

Kenichi Tabata

Atsushi Nomura

Goro Nakao

Yusuke Kawai

Takahiro Takeyama

Masanobu Nakajo

Daiki Ando

Mitsunori Sugiura

Hiroyuki Mino

Katsumi Matsushita

Yuki Ito

Hiroaki Ota

Ken Onozaka

Hidetoshi Yugen

A power cutoff device () comprises a power relay (), a temperature calculation unit (), and a determination unit (). The power relay () includes a drive coil (). The temperature calculation unit () calculates the temperature of the drive coil () by calculating the resistance value of a resistor that changes with temperature when the drive coil () included in the power relay () is regarded as a resistor. The determination unit () determines whether or not to cut off the power supply on the basis of the temperature of the drive coil () calculated by the temperature calculation unit ().

Power cutoff device, power cutoff system equipped with same, method for protecting power cutoff device, and protection program

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 feeding station according to one or more embodiments may include a feeder including a feeder coil that feeds power to a receiver in an electric mobility vehicle, a power supply circuit that supplies AC power to the feeder coil, and a control circuit that controls a frequency and a voltage of the AC power. The control circuit provides, through a notification source a notification of guidance about a stop position of the electric mobility vehicle relative to a housing to increase power transmission efficiency from the feeder to the receiver in accordance with the frequency of the AC power supplied to the feeder coil with which the receiver outputs a constant voltage or in accordance with the voltage of the AC power supplied to the feeder coil with which the receiver outputs a constant and predetermined voltage.

Power feeding station

A power transmitter device of a non-contact power feeding device includes a transmitter coil configured to supply power to the power receiver device, a power supply circuit including a plurality of switching elements connected between a DC power supply and the transmitter coil in a full-bridge configuration or a half-bridge configuration. The power supply circuit may be configured to switch the plurality of switching elements to an on or off state at a switching frequency to convert DC power supplied from the DC power supply into AC power having the switching frequency and supply the AC power to the transmitter coil, and a phase control circuit including at least one LC series circuit connected to both ends of the transmitter coil.

Non-contact power feeding device including power transmitter device with phase control circuit

A power reception device of a non-contact power feeding device has: a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from a power transmission device and a resonant capacitor connected in series with the reception coil; a first rectifier circuit configured to rectify electric power received via the resonant circuit; a smoothing capacitor connected to the first rectifier circuit and configured to smooth a voltage outputted from the first rectifier circuit; a sub-coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil; and a second rectifier circuit connected between the sub-coil and the smoothing capacitor, and configured to output electric power according to a voltage generated in the sub-coil to the smoothing capacitor in response to a voltage obtained by rectifying a voltage generated in the sub-coil being higher than a voltage between both terminals of the smoothing capacitor.

Non-contact power feeding device

A power transfer device includes a power transfer coil that transfers power to another device in a non-contact manner, a power transmission and reception circuit that supplies power to the power transfer coil or outputs power received by the power transfer coil to a load circuit, and a protection coil disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit to prevent a magnetic flux generated by the power transfer coil from reaching the power transmission and reception circuit. The protection coil includes an air-core coil formed of a wiring pattern of a conductor provided on a board disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit, and at least one core coil connected in series to the air-core coil.

Power transfer device

A power transmission device of a non-contact power feeding device according one or more embodiments may include a control circuit configured to control at least one of a switching frequency or a voltage of AC power supplied from a power supply circuit to a transmission coil, on the basis of a change over time in a strength of a magnetic field detected by a magnetic field detection element configured to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated from the transmission coil of the power transmission device. Whereas, a power reception device has a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from the power transmission device and a resonance suppression coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil.

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Ichinomiya, Japan

Kenichi Tabata