Wireless power supply system
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsMariko Nakagawa, Tomokazu Sakashita, Takuya Miura
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Abstract
A power transmission unit includes a plurality of power transmission coils provided along a hoistway and at least one power transmission device that supplies power to each of a plurality of power transmission coils. A power reception unit includes a plurality of power reception coils provided on a surface of a car opposite to the power transmission coil and at least one power reception device that receives the power from each of power reception coils. The plurality of power transmission coils include at least a first power transmission coil and a second power transmission coil. A length of the second power transmission coil in a traveling direction of the car is longer than a length of the first power transmission coil.
Claims12
A wireless power supply system that supplies power on a power supply floor, in a contactless manner, to a car moving in a hoistway of an elevator, the wireless power supply system comprising:
- a power transmission unit that is provided on a side of the hoistway to supply the power in the contactless manner;
- a power reception unit that is provided on a side of the car to receive the power, in the contactless manner, supplied from the power transmission unit;
- a controller to control the power transmission unit and the power reception unit;
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- a power storage to store the power received by the power reception unit and supply the power to a load provided in the car,
- wherein the power transmission unit includes a plurality of power transmission coils provided along the hoistway and at least one power transmitter that supplies the power to each of the plurality of power transmission coils,
- the power reception unit includes a plurality of power reception coils provided on a surface of the car opposite to the power transmission coil and at least one power receiver that receives the power from each of the power reception coils,
- the plurality of power transmission coils include at least a first power transmission coil and a second power transmission coil, and
- a length of the second power transmission coil in a traveling direction of the car is longer than a length of the first power transmission coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.