Kardion Gmbh

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Michael Jiptner

Samuel Vasconcelos Araujo

Ingo Stotz

Tobias Diekhans

Leon Wenning

Marius-Ovidiu Popescu

An energy transfer system for wireless energy transfer includes a transmitter unit having a primary coil supplied with a supply voltage and a receiver unit separate from the transmitter unit having a secondary coil to which a DC link capacitor is connected by a rectifier. The energy transfer system further includes a first device configured to determine a value of a DC link voltage applied on the DC link capacitor when the supply voltage is applied on the primary coil, and a second device configured to perform at least one function based on the determined value of the DC link voltage or a variable derived therefrom. A receiver unit is configured to interact for wireless energy transfer with a transmitter unit separate from the receiver unit.

Energy transfer system and reception unit for the wireless transcutaneous transfer of energy

The invention relates to a device () for inductive energy transmission into a human body (), having a transmitter coil () and/or a receiver coil () having a first magnetic core () and a resonance or choke coil () having a second magnetic core (), wherein the first magnetic core () forms a part of the second magnetic core ().

Device for inductive energy transmission in a human body and use of the device

The invention relates to a device () for inductive energy transfer into a human body (), having a transmitter unit () with a housing (), in which at least one transmitter coil () is arranged, wherein the housing () comprises a contact surface (), which is configured in order to be brought into surface contact with the body (), and a receiver unit () that can be positioned in the body () with a receiver coil (), wherein a heat-insulating element () and a heat-conducting element () are arranged between the transmitter coil () and the body.

Device for inductive energy transmission into a human body and use thereof

The invention relates to a device () for inductive energy transmission into a human body () with a transmitter unit () having a transmission coil (), wherein the transmission coil () has a coil winding (). According to the invention, the carrier element () is a surface area-forming flexible structure that can be made to conform to a body contour, and the coil winding () of the transmission coil () is fixed to the carrier element ().

Device for inductive energy transfer into a human body, for example, and use of said device

The invention relates to a transmitter unit () comprising a housing (), a transmitter coil () arranged in the housing () for inductively transferring electrical energy to a receiver unit () which is provided with a receiver coil () and is arranged in the tissue () of the body () of a patient when the housing () having a contact surface () is placed on the body (), and comprising a control device () for controlling the operation of the transmitter coil (). According to the invention, a temperature sensor () is provided in the transmitter unit for determining a heating of the tissue () of the body () caused by the inductive transfer of electrical energy to the receiver unit (). The invention also relates to methods for determining the temperature (T) of the tissue () of a body () on a surface (), by which electrical energy is inductively transmitted for supplying an electrical consumer arranged in the tissue () of the body (), and to a method for inductively transferring electrical energy.

Transmission unit comprising a transmission coil and a temperature sensor

The invention firstly relates to a receiver unit (), configured to interact for wireless energy transfer with a transmitter unit () separate from the receiving unit, said transmitter unit () comprising a primary coil (L) that can be supplied with a supply voltage (U), wherein the receiver unit () comprises a secondary coil (L) to which a DC link capacitor (C) and an energy storage unit () are connected by a power converter (). According to the invention, the receiver unit () contains a device () for actuating the power converter () when a voltage is applied on the DC link capacitor (C) for supplying an alternating current (I) flowing through the secondary coil (L) by actuating the power converter () to generate an energy pulse (E). Secondly, the invention relates to a transmitter unit () configured to interact with a receiver unit () separate from the transmitter unit for wireless energy transfer, wherein the transmitter unit () comprises a primary coil (L) that can be supplied with a supply voltage (U). There is a device () in the transmitter unit for detecting a voltage (U) induced in the primary coil when the supply voltage is disconnected from the primary coil (L).

Receiving unit, transmission unit, power transmission system and method for wireless power transmission

The invention relates to an energy transfer system for the wireless transfer of energy, having a transmitter unit and a receiver unit separate therefrom, wherein the transmitter unit has a primary coil that is able to be supplied with a supply voltage, and wherein the receiver unit has a secondary coil to which an energy sink is connected via a rectifier, wherein the receiver unit is configured so as to detect a fault case in an energy flow from the secondary coil to the energy sink and, in the fault case, to execute a fault mode (F) having at least one operating parameter (I) of the receiver unit that is preferably in a range outside the given specification (B), and in that the transmitter unit is configured so as to recognize the fault mode (F) of the receiver unit and to perform a fault response (N) in response.

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Besigheim, Germany

Michael Jiptner