Patent ID: 8294419
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electrical powered vehicle capable of generating a vehicle driving force by an electric power, said electrical powered vehicle comprising: a secondary self-resonant coil installed at a predetermined position, and receiving electric power from a primary self-resonant coil provided at a power feeding apparatus external to the vehicle in a non-contact manner by resonating, via an electromagnetic field, with said primary self-resonant coil, and an electric apparatus including at least one of a power storage device capable of storing electric power received by said secondary self-resonant coil, an electric motor generating a vehicle driving force, a driving device driving said electric motor using the electric power received by said secondary self-resonant coil, and an electronic control unit controlling said driving device, said secondary self-resonant coil being an LC resonant coil having wire ends open, said secondary self-resonant coil being arranged such that both said wire ends are kept distant from said electric apparatus located closest to said secondary self-resonant coil.