Patent ID: 9067497
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B60L,B60M,H02J,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A power transmitting device that contactlessly transmits electric power to a secondary coil provided at a vehicle, the power transmitting device comprising: a plurality of primary coils located separate from the vehicle and arranged at an interval in an arrangement direction; a selecting unit configured to select one of the primary coils, to which electric power is to be supplied from a power supply; and a control unit configured to control the selecting unit, the control unit being configured to cause the power supply to supply the selected primary coil with a second electric power smaller than a first electric power, the control unit being configured to select a power transmitting coil from among the plurality of primary coils based on at least one of a power transmitting situation of the selected primary coil and a power receiving situation of the secondary coil, the control unit being configured to cause the power supply to supply the power transmitting coil with the first electric power.