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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Thomas Roehrl, Barbing, DE;
Martin Boeld, Regensburg, DE;
Joris Fokkelman, Tegernheim, DE;
Karsten Hofmann, Pettendorf, DE;
Mael Thevenet, Regensburg, DE;
Christoph Weigand, Regensburg, DE;
Stephan Bartz, Regensburg, DE;
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hanover, DE;
Abstract
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.