Vehicle to wireless power transfer coupling coil alignment sensor
Abstract
A non-contacting position sensing apparatus includes at least one vehicle-mounted receiver coil that is configured to detect a net flux null when the vehicle is optimally aligned relative to the primary coil in the charging device. Each of the at least one vehicle-mounted receiver coil includes a clockwise winding loop and a counterclockwise winding loop that are substantially symmetrically configured and serially connected to each other. When the non-contacting position sensing apparatus is located directly above the primary coil of the charging device, the electromotive forces from the clockwise winding loop and the counterclockwise region cancel out to provide a zero electromotive force, i.e., a zero voltage reading across the coil that includes the clockwise winding loop and the counterclockwise winding loop.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1240423
- Patent Number(s):
- 9260026
- Application Number:
- 13/544,058
- Assignee:
- UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60L - PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01F - MAGNETS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Jul 09
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Miller, John M., Chambon, Paul H., Jones, Perry T., and White, Clifford P. Vehicle to wireless power transfer coupling coil alignment sensor. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web.
Miller, John M., Chambon, Paul H., Jones, Perry T., & White, Clifford P. Vehicle to wireless power transfer coupling coil alignment sensor. United States.
Miller, John M., Chambon, Paul H., Jones, Perry T., and White, Clifford P. Tue .
"Vehicle to wireless power transfer coupling coil alignment sensor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1240423.
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title = {Vehicle to wireless power transfer coupling coil alignment sensor},
author = {Miller, John M. and Chambon, Paul H. and Jones, Perry T. and White, Clifford P.},
abstractNote = {A non-contacting position sensing apparatus includes at least one vehicle-mounted receiver coil that is configured to detect a net flux null when the vehicle is optimally aligned relative to the primary coil in the charging device. Each of the at least one vehicle-mounted receiver coil includes a clockwise winding loop and a counterclockwise winding loop that are substantially symmetrically configured and serially connected to each other. When the non-contacting position sensing apparatus is located directly above the primary coil of the charging device, the electromotive forces from the clockwise winding loop and the counterclockwise region cancel out to provide a zero electromotive force, i.e., a zero voltage reading across the coil that includes the clockwise winding loop and the counterclockwise winding loop.},
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