Guidance and alignment systems are disclosed for wireless charging systems to assist in aligning the transmitter and receiver inductive power transfer (IPT) couplers. These systems guide positioning and alignment to provide sufficient coupling between the transmitter and receiver IPT couplers. Exemplary systems provide a magnetic field sensor, magnetic field generator, and magnetic vectoring to determine a position of an electric vehicle or a wireless charging base. In a magnetic vectoring system, an alignment system comprising at least three coils (or similar circuits) on a magnetically permeable substrate receives a positioning magnetic field including modulated information signals and processes the received signal to generate an output for determining a position of the positioning magnetic field source relative to the magnetic field sensor position. The alignment system may further comprise a similar structure that generates the positioning magnetic field, that may include modulated information signals, based on input signals.
GUIDANCE AND ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEMS
FÜHRUNGS- UND AUSRICHTUNGSSYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN FÜR DRAHTLOSE LADESYSTEME FÜR ELEKTROFAHRZEUGE
SYSTÈME DE GUIDAGE ET D'ALIGNEMENT ET PROCÉDÉS POUR SYSTÈMES DE CHARGE SANS FIL DE VÉHICULE ÉLECTRIQUE
2017-05-31
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G01R Messen elektrischer Größen , MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H01F MAGNETS , Magnete / H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung |
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