US 12,244,154 B2
Charger
Teppei Abe, Kiyosu (JP); Shinichiro Fuki, Kiyosu (JP); Tomokazu Sakai, Kiyosu (JP); Shigeo Takeda, Kiyosu (JP); and Yuki Tokuyama, Kiyosu (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref. (JP)
Filed by TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,281.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-053413 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0318357 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 50/12 (2016.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/12 (2016.02) [B60R 16/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 50/005 (2020.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charger comprising:
a power receiving unit configured to receive, through wireless power supply via radio waves, power transmitted from a power transmitting device disposed in a vehicle;
a power storage unit configured to be supplied and charged with the power received by the power receiving unit; and
a power transmission unit configured to transmit, through wireless power supply via electromagnetic induction, the power stored in the power storage unit to an electrical device that is to be charged, wherein
the power transmission unit is prohibited from transmitting the power stored in the power transmission unit to the electrical device when a remaining amount of the power is less than or equal to a predetermined low-amount determination value, and
the power transmission unit is configured to transmit, through wireless power supply via electromagnetic induction, the power received by the power receiving unit to the electrical device when the remaining amount is less than or equal to the low-amount determination value and the power receiving unit is receiving the power transmitted from the power transmitting device.