B60L53/12

WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER DESIGN FOR DRONES
20230037429 · 2023-02-09 · ·

A wireless power receiver coil is attached to a landing gear of a drone. The wireless power receiver coil is closer to the drone when the landing gear is in a retracted position and farther away from the drone when the landing gear is in an extended position. A length of the wireless power receiver coil may be the same length when the landing gear is in the retracted position and in the extended position. The wireless power receiver coil may be in a first orientation when the landing gear is in the retracted position and the wireless power receiver coil may be in a different orientation when the landing gear is in the extended position. The wireless power receiver coil may have a first shape when the landing gear is in the retracted position and may have a second shape when the landing gear is in the extended position.

WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER DESIGN FOR DRONES
20230037429 · 2023-02-09 · ·

A wireless power receiver coil is attached to a landing gear of a drone. The wireless power receiver coil is closer to the drone when the landing gear is in a retracted position and farther away from the drone when the landing gear is in an extended position. A length of the wireless power receiver coil may be the same length when the landing gear is in the retracted position and in the extended position. The wireless power receiver coil may be in a first orientation when the landing gear is in the retracted position and the wireless power receiver coil may be in a different orientation when the landing gear is in the extended position. The wireless power receiver coil may have a first shape when the landing gear is in the retracted position and may have a second shape when the landing gear is in the extended position.

Wireless Charging Vehicle and Wireless Charging Method Thereof
20230040294 · 2023-02-09 ·

An embodiment wireless charging vehicle includes a secondary charging pad configured to generate an induced current by a magnetic field generated to a primary charging pad of a wireless charging station and to charge a battery, a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) tags disposed to surround the vehicle, and a UWB controller configured to perform a wireless charging arrangement mode for arranging the secondary charging pad on the primary charging pad by using a sensor value measured by the UWB tags, wherein the UWB controller is configured to calculate a coordinate of the primary charging pad by using a line of sight (LOS) sensor value of a UWB tag having a line of sight from among the UWB tags.

Wireless Charging Vehicle and Wireless Charging Method Thereof
20230040294 · 2023-02-09 ·

An embodiment wireless charging vehicle includes a secondary charging pad configured to generate an induced current by a magnetic field generated to a primary charging pad of a wireless charging station and to charge a battery, a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) tags disposed to surround the vehicle, and a UWB controller configured to perform a wireless charging arrangement mode for arranging the secondary charging pad on the primary charging pad by using a sensor value measured by the UWB tags, wherein the UWB controller is configured to calculate a coordinate of the primary charging pad by using a line of sight (LOS) sensor value of a UWB tag having a line of sight from among the UWB tags.

Induction charging device
11554679 · 2023-01-17 · ·

An induction charging device for an electrically operated motor vehicle may include at least one charging assembly. The at least one charging assembly may include a charging coil, a ferrite assembly, a metal shielding plate, and a temperature-control assembly through which a fluid is flowable. The charging coil may be inductively couplable to a primary coil such that a motor vehicle battery is inductively chargeable. The ferrite assembly may include a plurality of rotatable ferrite plates arranged next to one another. When in a closed position, a respective ferrite plate may be arranged parallel to the charging coil and may shield the metal shielding plate from the charging coil. When in an open position, the respective ferrite plate may be arranged at an angle relative to the charging coil and may partially shield the metal shielding plate from the charging coil.

Induction charging device
11554679 · 2023-01-17 · ·

An induction charging device for an electrically operated motor vehicle may include at least one charging assembly. The at least one charging assembly may include a charging coil, a ferrite assembly, a metal shielding plate, and a temperature-control assembly through which a fluid is flowable. The charging coil may be inductively couplable to a primary coil such that a motor vehicle battery is inductively chargeable. The ferrite assembly may include a plurality of rotatable ferrite plates arranged next to one another. When in a closed position, a respective ferrite plate may be arranged parallel to the charging coil and may shield the metal shielding plate from the charging coil. When in an open position, the respective ferrite plate may be arranged at an angle relative to the charging coil and may partially shield the metal shielding plate from the charging coil.

Wireless power system

A system and method are provided for a feed-forward control of an inverter to reduce, and potentially minimize, a DC link capacitor of a wireless power transfer system. The feed-forward control may be utilized to reduce the capacitance of the DC link capacitor in a single-phase series-series compensated WPT system.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

An information processing apparatus accepts an inquiry about rental of a power feed mat that can supply electric power to a movable body. In the information processing apparatus, association information in which category information is associated with identification information of each of a plurality of power feed mats is stored. The category information indicates to which of a plurality of categories set for characteristics at least one characteristic of the power feed mat belongs. The information processing apparatus specifies at least one power feed mat among the plurality of power feed mats based on the accepted inquiry and the association information. The information processing apparatus provides information based on a result of specifying.

Foreign object detection using heat sensitive material and inductive sensing

In certain aspects, an enclosure for a wireless power transfer pad is disclosed. The enclosure includes a cover shell configured to be positioned over a portion of the wireless power transfer pad configured to face a wireless power receiver when wirelessly transferring power, wherein at least a portion of the cover shell is made of a heat resistant material.

Foreign object detection using heat sensitive material and inductive sensing

In certain aspects, an enclosure for a wireless power transfer pad is disclosed. The enclosure includes a cover shell configured to be positioned over a portion of the wireless power transfer pad configured to face a wireless power receiver when wirelessly transferring power, wherein at least a portion of the cover shell is made of a heat resistant material.