Wireless power-supplying system
AssigneeIHI Corporation
InventorYuji Maekawa
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Abstract
A wireless power-supplying system includes a power-transmitting coil provided on the ground and a power-receiving coil provided above the power-transmitting coil and wirelessly supplies electric power from the power-transmitting coil to the power-receiving coil. The wireless power-supplying system further includes a flexible cover provided so as to cover the power-transmitting coil and configured to be inflated to occupy a space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil. During the inflation of the flexible cover, the flexible cover assumes a specific shape capable of removing a foreign object laid thereon before occupying the space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil.
Claims4
A wireless power-supplying device comprising:
- a power-transmitting coil which supplies electric power to a power-receiving coil by a wireless power supply;
- a flexible cover provided so as to cover the power-transmitting coil and configured to be inflated to occupy a space between the power-transmitting coil and the
- power-receiving coil, and
- a gas-supplying member,
- wherein during the inflation of the flexible cover, the flexible cover assumes a specific shape capable of removing a foreign object laid on the flexible cover before occupying the space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil,
- an internal space of the flexible cover is divided into a plurality of regions, and
- when the electric power is supplied, the gas-supplying member sequentially supplies gas to the regions, starting from a part of the regions and switching at a time interval to a region adjacent to the part of the regions in a radial direction with respect to a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the power-transmitting coil.
A flexible cover provided so as to cover a power-transmitting coil supplying electric power to a power-receiving coil by wireless power supply, and configured to be inflated to occupy a space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil,
- wherein during the inflation of the flexible cover, the flexible cover assumes a specific shape capable of removing a foreign object laid on the flexible cover before occupying the space between the power-transmitting coil and the power-receiving coil,
- an internal space of the flexible cover is divided into a plurality of regions, and the flexible cover further comprises a gas-supplying member, and
- when the electric power is supplied, the gas-supplying member sequentially supplies gas to the regions, starting from a part of the regions and switching at a time interval to a region adjacent to the part of the regions in a radial direction with respect to a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the power-transmitting coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.