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Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

May. 29, 2018
Applicant:

Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazunori Oshima, Tokyo, JP;

Akira Gotani, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuki Kondo, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/10 (2006.01); H02J 5/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/10 (2013.01); H02J 5/005 (2013.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02);
Abstract

A metallic foreign object detector is used in a wireless power transmission system that transmits power by wireless from a feeding coil to a receiving coil and includes an antenna coil, a capacitor that forms a resonance circuit together with the antenna coil, a vibration detection circuit configured to detect generation of a vibration signal in the resonance circuit, and a determination circuit that detects the presence/absence of a metallic foreign object according to the vibration signal. The vibration detection circuit is configured to output a detection state signal indicating the detection state of generation of the vibration signal. The determination circuit is configured to execute an operation of detecting the presence/absence of a metallic foreign object according to the detection state signal.


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