Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Toshiki Tatsuta

Tsuyoshi Nishio

Osamu Ohashi

Noriaki Asaoka

Masayoshi Koizumi

A power supply apparatus capable of appropriately supplying electrical power to a power transmission coil even if a foreign object is heated during power supply. The power supply apparatus () is provided with a power supply coil () opposing a power-receiving unit () provided to a vehicle and supplying power to the power-receiving unit (), and a casing () accommodating the power supply coil (). In the casing (), a first cover () is formed on a surface of the casing () opposing the power-receiving unit (), and a second cover () opposing the first cover () is arranged between the first cover () and the power supply coil ().

Power supply apparatus

In the power supply apparatus (), on an upper surface (), which is the surface opposing the power-receiving unit () of a cabinet (), in the portion where a power supply coil () is projected when the power supply coil () is projected on the cabinet () toward the direction of the power-receiving unit (), a first inclined part () gradually approaching the power supply coil () from the top section () toward the inner edge section () of the power supply coil () is formed in the radial direction of the power supply coil (), and in the portion where the power supply coil () is projected, a second inclined part () gradually approaching the power supply coil () from the top section () toward the outer periphery () of the power supply coil () is formed in the radial direction of the power supply coil ().

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Tokyo, Japan

Toshiki Tatsuta