Title:
RADIO POWER RECEIVING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, TIRE, AND WHEEL
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004242380
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a radio power-receiving device for a vehicle which efficiently receives radio waves from the outside and converts them into electrical energy.
This radio power-receiving device for the vehicle is installed with a rectenna 10 at an unsprung position of the vehicle. The rectenna 10 may be mounted inside a wheel 12 or on a member lower than a spring portion for a suspension mechanism 14. By installing the rectenna 10 at the unsprung position of the vehicle, even when the spring upper member moves vertically, accompanying the traveling of a vehicle 1, such a state that a microwave transmission antenna 104 and the rectenna 10 approach each other can be kept stable.
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Inventors:
SHONO SHOICHI
GOTO TAKESHI
NISHIDE YUKIMASA
GOTO TAKESHI
NISHIDE YUKIMASA
Application Number:
JP2003026566A
Publication Date:
August 26, 2004
Filing Date:
February 04, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60C19/00; B60L5/00; (IPC1-7): B60L5/00; B60C19/00