Multilayer separate windings of inductive charge coupler for automobile battery charging transformer

Claim 2

An automobile charging transformer comprising: a transformer primary inductive charge coupler for attachment to a fixed alternating current power supply, said coupler having a plurality of spaced primary electric coils; a transformer secondary inductive charge receptacle with secondary coils for mounting in the automobile to charge the battery of the automobile, said transformer secondary inductive charge receptacle having a plurality of slots therein, each corresponding to one of said primary electric coils; and a magnetic core associated with said primary electric coils and said secondary electric coils to complete the magnetic circuit through said primary and secondary coils, said transformer primary inductive charge coupler being separable from said transformer secondary inductive charge receptacle so that the automobile can depart from the fixed power supply.

Claim 3

The automobile charging transformer of claim 1 wherein each of said primary coils and each of said secondary coils has a magnetic member therein to complete the magnetic circuit therethrough.

Claim 4

The automobile charging transformer of claim 2 wherein each of said coils is a flat annular coil having a rectangular cross section.

Claim 5

The automobile charging transformer of claim 2 wherein there is one more of said secondary coils than said primary coils so that said secondary coils lie on both sides of said transformer primary inductive charge coupler as well as between the primary coils thereof.

Claim 6

The automobile charging transformer of claim 4 wherein there is means for cooling said transformer associated with said transformer.

Claim 7

The automobile charging transformer of claim 5 wherein said means for cooling comprises a coolant fluid passage adjacent at least one of said secondary windings and means for extracting heat from said coolant fluid passage.

Claim 8

An electric automobile having an electric propulsion motor and an electric battery connected to and energize said propulsion motor and charging means for said battery so that said battery can be charged from a fixed power source, comprising: a transformer secondary mounted on said automobile, said transformer secondary having at least three secondary coils with slots between said secondary coils to define a transformer secondary inductive charge receptacle on said automobile; a transformer primary inductive charge coupler connected to a fixed power source, said inductive charge coupler having at least two transformer primary coils therein, one corresponding to each of said slots between said transformer secondary coils, said transformer primary inductive charge coupler being configured to be inserted into said inductive charge receptacle so that said transformer primary and transformer secondary coils are alternated and lying adjacent each other; and magnetic core material associated with said primary and secondary coils to complete a magnetic circuit through said coils so that said coils are magnetically coupled.

Claim 9

An electric automobile having an electric propulsion motor and an electric battery connected to and energize said propulsion motor and charging means for said battery so that said battery can be charged from a fixed power source, comprising: a transformer secondary mounted on said automobile, said transformer secondary having at least three secondary coils with slots between said secondary coils to define a transformer secondary inductive charge receptacle on said automobile; a transformer primary inductive charge coupler connected to a fixed power source, said inductive charge coupler having at least two transformer primary coils therein, one corresponding to each of said slots between said transformer secondary coils, said transformer primary inductive charge coupler being configured to be inserted into said inductive charge receptacle so that said transformer primary and transformer secondary coils are alternated and lying adjacent each other; and magnetic core material associated with said primary and secondary coils to complete a magnetic circuit through said coils so that said coils are magnetically coupled.

Claim 10

The automobile of claim 7 wherein said primary and secondary coils are both of flat annular toroids of rectangular cross section and circular openings therethrough have magnetic material therein so as to complete the magnetic circuit through the interior of said coils.

Claim 11

The automobile of claim 8 wherein there are n+1 secondary coils to define n spaces therebetween and there are n number of primary coils to correspond to said spaces.

Claim 12

The automobile of claim 9 where n is three.

Claim 13

The automobile of claim 9 wherein there is a coolant fluid passage adjacent at least two of said coils and there is means for extracting heat from said fluid passage to cool said transformer.

Claim 14

The automobile of claim 7 wherein each of said primary and each of said secondary coils is a single turn coil.

Claim 15

The automobile of claim 7 wherein each of said coils is a circular coil.

Claim 16

The automobile of claim 7 wherein each of said coils is a single turn circular coil.