Non-contact power supply unit
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideki ENOMOTO, Kazuyuki MATSUMURA
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Abstract
A non-contact power supply unit includes connectable units. Each of the connectable units includes a cart wheel guide, a non-contact power supply device configured to perform wireless power charging of a cart, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector is connectable to the second connector of another connectable unit and the second connector is connectable to the first connector of another connectable unit. The cart wheel guides of the connectable units are aligned with each other when connected.
Claims20
A non-contact power supply unit, comprising:
- a plurality of connectable units, each including:
- a cart wheel guide;
- a non-contact power supply device configured to perform wireless charging of a cart;
- a first connector;
- and
- a second connector connectable to the first connector of another connectable unit, wherein
- a first connector of a first connectable unit of the plurality is connected to a second connector of a second connectable unit of the plurality,
- a second connector of the first connectable unit is connected to a first connector of a third connectable unit of the plurality, and
- the cart wheel guides of the plurality of connectable units are aligned when the connectable units of the plurality are connected to each other.
A charging unit for a configurable cart station, the charging unit comprising:
- a cart wheel guide;
- a non-contact power supply device configured to perform wireless changing of a cart;
- and
- a first connector connectable to a second connector of a second charging unit for the configurable cart station, wherein
- the cart wheel guide is aligned with a cart wheel guide of the second charging unit when the first connector is connected to the second connector of the second charging unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.