Charging Road
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230068912A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17895548

    申请日:2022-08-25

    申请人: Richard DIAMOND

    发明人: Richard DIAMOND

    摘要: Magnetic or electromagnetic field generators are disposed on, near or toward opposite sides of a roadway, carriageway or lane such that magnetic or electromagnetic lines of force across at least a portion of the roadway, carriageway or lane. A vehicle traveling down the roadway, carriageway or lane interacts with the magnetic or electromagnetic lines of force to absorb energy that can be used for battery recharging or other purposes. Magnetic or electromagnetic flux density can be increased by embedding magnetic materials or additional structures in the top paving course forming the roadway, carriageway or lane.

    OVERHEAD LINE SYSTEM
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220355706A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17622559

    申请日:2020-07-02

    发明人: Brun Lee

    IPC分类号: B60M1/13 B60M1/22 H01B9/00

    摘要: The present invention provides an improved catenary wire system for an overhead line equipment (OLE) installation. Known OLE installations are prone to sagging and hence require a large number of support structures, which are expensive to install and maintain. These structures also appear “cluttered” and ungainly. The catenary wire system of the present invention comprises a fibre reinforced composite catenary wire configured to suspend a contact wire; and at least one elongate electrically conductive element arranged generally parallel with the catenary wire. It has been found that the catenary wire system of the present invention is able to withstand increased tensions when compared to known OLE installations, which reduces the amount of catenary wire sag, and can thereby reduce the number of support structures required by an OLE installation.

    Automatic creation of models of overhead line structures

    公开(公告)号:US11429758B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US17015723

    申请日:2020-09-09

    摘要: In one or more embodiments, techniques are provided for modeling overhead line structures of electric railways that utilize a flexible, reusable structure template to automatically generate a 3D model of the overhead line structure. Each structure template includes a set of points that represent joints of the overhead line structure and components that represent elements of the overhead line structure. A feature definition of each joint and component includes properties, constraints and cell mappings. By mapping key points of reference lines for an overhead line structure to key points in an applicable structure templet for the overhead line structure, and applying the constraints and, in some cases the cell mappings, a 3D model of the overhead line structure is automatically generated. The 3D model may be a “low detail” stick representation for fast modeling, or, using the cell mappings, a “high detail” cell-based representation for very realistic modeling.

    Greasing sleeve
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220144099A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17434322

    申请日:2020-02-21

    申请人: FURRER + FREY AG

    发明人: Bruno CASALI

    IPC分类号: B60L5/24 B60M1/30 B60M1/28

    摘要: The invention concerns a method for greasing a contact wire for the electrical power supply of a pantograph of a rail vehicle comprising: inserting the contact wire into a passage opening of a base body extending in a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and a height direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the transverse direction, whereby the passage opening penetrating the base body in the longitudinal direction as seen from a front side to a back side as seen in the longitudinal direction, and accelerating the base body in the longitudinal direction so that the contact wire is moved through the passage direction, characterized by introducing grease into the passage opening through which the contact wire moves at a feed rate at which the introduced grease exits the passage opening at the back of the base body under a predetermined condition.

    System and method for powering on-road electric vehicles via wireless power transfer

    公开(公告)号:US11318845B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16655395

    申请日:2019-10-17

    发明人: Hanan Rumbak

    摘要: A system for wireless power transfer of on-road vehicles is provided herein. The system includes a plurality of base stations; a power transmission line located beneath a surface of a road having a plurality of segments, each segment having at least one pair of coils and at least one capacitor electrically connected via a switch to the coils in the segment; and at least one vehicle having at least one power receiving segment having at least two coils, connected to at least one capacitor, wherein the at least one vehicle further includes a communication transmitter configured to transmit a power requesting signal, wherein the coils of the power transmitting segment are configured to receive the power requesting signal; and wherein each of the base stations is further configured to feed a plurality of the power transmitting segments with current at a resonance frequency, responsive to the power requesting signal.

    Method for power supply and power supply for railway operating elements arranged on a railway line

    公开(公告)号:US11292496B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16317055

    申请日:2017-07-24

    摘要: A method for supplying power to railway operating elements that are arranged along a railway line. A terminal station has a power supply device. At least one substation has a power supply subunit for at least one connected railway operating element. An input-side control unit of the substation modifies the current consumption in the substation incrementally, with corresponding modification of the voltage of the power supply subunit to match the rated voltage of the railway operating element on the substation, and producing a coded message. The control device of the terminal station modifies the output voltage according to the coded message, until the rated voltage for the railway operating element is reached on the power supply subunit. When the nominal voltage is reached the power supply subunit is connected to the railway operating element.