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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Woo Young Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong Pil Kim, Do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method for wireless power transfer (WPT) to an electric vehicle (EV) performed by a wireless charging apparatus may include detecting, by the wireless charging apparatus, an alignment state between a transmission pad mounted in the wireless charging apparatus and a reception pad mounted in the EV; controlling, by the wireless charging apparatus, a number of turns in a transmission coil included in the transmission pad or a reception coil included in the reception pad according to the detected alignment state; and performing, by the wireless charging apparatus, WPT to the EV after the controlling of the number of turns in the transmission coil or the reception coil is completed.