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US 11,387,673 B2Granted
Secondary coil unit comprising a service opening
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHartmut Koenig, Josef Krammer
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Abstract
A secondary coil unit for a vehicle has a housing with a cover that can be removed from the housing. The secondary coil unit further has a secondary coil which is arranged in the housing and surrounds a core region. The cover and the housing are designed in such a way that an opening through the secondary coil unit is created when the cover is removed from the housing.
Claims13
A secondary coil unit for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing with a cover, which cover is removable from the housing;
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- a secondary coil arranged in the housing and enclosing a core area, wherein the cover and the housing are configured such that an opening through the secondary coil unit is created in the core area by removing the cover from the housing so as to permit physical maintenance access through the opening to vehicle undercarriage components arranged behind the housing opposite the cover, wherein the secondary coil is configured such that a primary coil of a WPT floor unit induces a current in the secondary coil through an undercarriage clearance distance;
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- a connection cable connecting the secondary coil to an electrical energy storage, wherein the connection cable does not pass through the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.