Continental Automotive Gmbh

Martin Boeld

Joris Fokkelman

Thomas Roehrl

Stephan Bartz

Karsten Hofmann

Christoph Weigand

Mael Thevenet

The present disclosure relates to automobiles and, more specifically, teaches methods and systems that may be used for wirelessly charging batteries used in vehicles. In one embodiment, a method for detecting a relative position between a vehicle-side receiving charging coil and a fixed transmission charging coil, may include: generating an alternating magnetic orientation field using one of the coils; detecting the orientation field using at least one coil provided for inductive excitation, wherein the orientation field is detected in a frequency-selective manner by the at least one coil; and ascertaining the relative position using an orientation receiving signal induced by the orientation field in the at least one coil.

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Wuppertal, Germany

Martin Boeld