Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
191002000 | SYSTEMS OF DISTRIBUTION | 20 |
20090166142 | TUNNEL TYPE POWER GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING POWER USING THE SAME - Provided are a tunnel type power generating apparatus and a method of generating power using the same capable of converting residual kinetic energy caused by movement of vehicles into electric energy and storing the converted electric energy to be used. The tunnel type power generating apparatus includes: a magnetic body selectively attached to an upper part or a lower part of a vehicle; a tunnel type coil formed of a conductive coil wound several times in one direction to generate induced current when the magnetic body passes therethrough; and a case into which the tunnel type coil is inserted, absorbing impact applied by a vehicle load to prevent damage to the tunnel type coil, and having a size corresponding to a road width. | 07-02-2009 |
20090173589 | System and Method for Generating Electricity from Automobile Traffic - A system and method for generating electricity from the movement of vehicles over a traveling surface is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a stator having a plurality of windings, a rotor configured to rotate and configured to be mounted adjacent the traveling surface, the rotor having a perimeter and a plurality of magnets mounted to the perimeter and wherein each magnet creates a magnetic field and is mounted to the rotor so that the magnetic field of the magnets induces an electric current in the windings of the stator during rotation of the rotor, and results in an attractive force between the magnets and the vehicles moving over the traveling surface to urge the rotation of the rotor. | 07-09-2009 |
20100006385 | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ARRANGED IN THE ROOF OF AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN RAILWAY VEHICLE - Electrical equipment EE arranged in the roof of an electrically driven railway vehicle, said vehicle being equipped with at least one pantograph ( | 01-14-2010 |
20110094840 | Electric highway system - The electric highway includes at least one electrified lane that may be separated from other non-electrified lanes by a non-elevated strip of dividers, a roadside subsystem that includes a system operation monitoring center that monitors system operation; a plurality of roadside conductor assemblies, each of which includes at least one roadside conductor laid within a coaxial pipe made of a non-magnet field shielding material, and its/their housing in the traffic lane; a roadside part of an on-board part of a lateral location sensor; a plurality of roadside controller each of which includes a power supply assembly, at least one communication device housed in a roadside box, and a plurality of roadside posts with a camera affixed to it. The electric highway system is monitored continuously at the system operation monitoring center. | 04-28-2011 |
20110114431 | Crouse River Rail System - This is a River Rail system which can be used to move barges or any water going vessel through, up, across. or down a body of water whereby the barge or vessel may attach, use the system in some way or benefit during transit, and then de-attaching from the system. This system can upgrade the transport of goods or people by water industries while also providing a method of creating carbon credits, clean electricity, adding safety in transportation, and possibly eliminating 100% of all fuel consumed by the entire water going transport of people or goods industry through any body of water. | 05-19-2011 |
20120006641 | TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM AND TRAVELING CONTROL METHOD - A traveling vehicle system includes traveling vehicles; a controller which controls operations of the traveling vehicles; and a power line which electrically connects the traveling vehicles with each other, and supplies electric power to each of the traveling vehicles. Each of the traveling vehicles includes a motor which runs on the electric power supplied via the power line and drives the traveling vehicle, and when decelerating, generates regenerative electric power to be supplied to another one of the traveling vehicles via the power line, and the controller controls the operations of the traveling vehicles so that a time of one or more first traveling vehicles decelerating overlaps a time of one or more second traveling vehicles accelerating, the first traveling vehicles being decelerating traveling vehicles, the second traveling vehicles being accelerating traveling vehicles, and the first traveling vehicles and the second traveling vehicles being included in the traveling vehicles. | 01-12-2012 |
20120175209 | System and Method for Reinjection of Retard Energy in a Trolley-Based Electric Mining Haul Truck - Retard energy regenerated from an electrical motor during braking action is reinjected into a power system via trolley lines. The retard energy may be transmitted to a bidirectional electric substation and returned to a utility grid. The retard energy may also be transmitted to an auxiliary energy storage system, such as an ultracapacitor system or a battery system. Installing trolley lines for mining haul trucks on a downhill slope may be used to capture and re-use substantial quantities of retard energy. | 07-12-2012 |
20140262662 | Electric Power Supply Assembly with Assisted Establishment of Electrical Contact with a Power-Collecting Track Carried by an Electrically Powered Vehicle - An electrical power supply system with assistance with the making of electrical contact, of a type having a power supply arm mounted on a post positioned alongside the road, entering into electrical contact with a longitudinal conductor rail carried on the vehicle, is characterized in that the arm has—at its end—a means of rolling or sliding that enters into moving contact with an adjacent lane alongside the conductor rail at the beginning of its length. This invention concerns the domain of electrically-propelled vehicles carrying at least one longitudinal power supply rail. | 09-18-2014 |
20140284159 | NON-FERRITE STRUCTURES FOR INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER - An inductive power transfer apparatus suitable for producing a magnetic field for inductive power transfer is disclosed. The apparatus has three or more coils arranged such that when energised with a power source, magnetic fields produced by each coil augment each other on a first surface and substantially weaken each other on a second surface. The first and second surfaces have an obverse relationship to each other. Also disclosed is a roadway inductive power transfer module suitable for producing a magnetic field for inductive power transfer to a vehicle using the roadway, and an Inductive power transfer apparatus suitable for receiving a magnetic field for inductive power transfer. | 09-25-2014 |
20160090008 | PANTOGRAPH CONFIGURATION FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WITH THE PANTOGRAPH CONFIGURATION - A pantograph configuration for a vehicle has at least one pantograph embodied for at least temporary contact with an electrical network located externally outside the vehicle. The pantograph is movable from a contact position into a rest position. A first electrical network is located internally within the vehicle, which in the contact position is connected to the pantograph. A second electrical network located internally within the vehicle is connected to a ground or mass potential of the vehicle and in the rest position to the pantograph. In order to ensure that the pantograph is voltage-free in the rest position, the pantograph is connected to the first electrical network and the second electrical network in the rest position. | 03-31-2016 |
20160096447 | ELECTRIFIED MONORAIL CONVEYER SYSTEM - An apparatus comprises a conductor bar operable to form a portion of a track. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of carriers. Each of the plurality of carriers comprises a collector shoe operable to engage the conductor bar to enable each of the plurality of carriers to advance along the track. The apparatus further comprises a motor power control device configured to deliver power to the collector shoes associated with each of the plurality of carriers to drive the plurality of carriers along the track. | 04-07-2016 |
20160114701 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZATION OF REGENERATIVE BRAKING ENERGY OF RAIL VEHICLES - The invention relates to an energy distribution and consumption system comprising: a group of rail vehicles provided with regenerative braking means; a group of electrically powered bus vehicles each comprising an onboard battery; an electrical energy storage means adapted for storing electrical energy generated by a rail vehicle during braking thereof; a plurality of charging stations, each adapted for connecting to bus a vehicle, for charging the onboard battery thereof with electrical energy from said electrical energy storage means; wherein said group of rail vehicles is adapted for providing a substantially predetermined net supply of electrical energy to said electrical energy storage means during a predetermined time period, wherein said group of bus vehicles is adapted for substantially consuming at least said net amount of electrical energy within said predetermined time period. | 04-28-2016 |
20160159250 | A renewable energy-based hybrid bi-directionally interactive DC traction power supply system - A renewable energy-based hybrid bi-directionally interactive DC traction power supply system includes two traction substations. Each substation includes transformers, rectifiers, bidirectional AC-DC converters, a DC bus, a catenary, a steel rail and a section post. A DC bus between two adjacent traction substations is provided with a DC renewable energy system constructed by an electric vehicle charging-discharging system, a distributed generation and more than one low voltage DC microgrid. The DC renewable energy system is connected to the DC bus between two adjacent traction substations through a high voltage DC bus, thus a DC circular microgrid being formed in a power supply section post. The electric vehicle charging-discharging system is formed by more than one bidirectional DC-DC charging-discharging equipments which are intended for in connection with the power batteries of the electric vehicle. The renewable energy-based hybrid bi-directionally interactive DC traction power supply system of the invention realizes effective usage of distributed generation and recycling of electric locomotive braking energy, reducing DC voltage fluctuation, thus improving reliability of the DC traction power supply system. | 06-09-2016 |
20160254697 | NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY BY LIVING BODY DETECTION | 09-01-2016 |
191003000 | Convertible, multiple current source | 1 |
191004000 | Internal and external | 1 |
20140182991 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE OPERATION OF A REVERSIBLE TRACTION SUBSTATION AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES - The method according to the invention aims to optimize the operation of a reversible traction substation (Sk) of a power supply system ( | 07-03-2014 |
191006000 | Sectional | 3 |
20150027837 | RAIL SYSTEM HAVING AN ENERGY EXCHANGE STATION - A rail system is disclosed. The rail system may have a track including a powered section and an unpowered section. The rail system may also have an electrical contact that extends along the powered section of the track. The rail system may further have an energy exchange station electrically connected to the electrical contact. The energy exchange station may be configured to initiate power transmission between the energy exchange station and a rail vehicle, through the electrical contact, when the rail vehicle is on the powered section of the track. The energy exchange station may also be configured to discontinue power transmission between the energy exchange station and the rail vehicle when the rail vehicle leaves the powered section of the track. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027838 | DC FEEDER VOLTAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND DC FEEDER VOLTAGE CONTROL SYSTEM - A DC feeder voltage control apparatus includes a model-information storing unit storing train model information on each train running in a control section, substation model information on each substation, and feeding network model information in the control section, a fixed-voltage-value storing unit storing a fixed voltage value of a substation voltage set for each substation, a train-operation-state-information acquiring unit acquiring positions and operation state information on the trains running in the control section, a first-substation-voltage fixing unit outputting the fixed voltage value to two first substations located at both ends of the control section, and a second-substation-voltage calculating unit calculating a setting voltage value of the substation voltage in at least one second substation located between the two first substations based on the information, and substation voltages and substation currents of the first substations to output to the second substation. | 01-29-2015 |
20160101709 | HYBRID ELECTRICALLY POWERED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UTILIZING RENEWABLE ENERGY STORED IN SUPERCAPACITORS - An electrical grid management system is disclosed, and includes a plurality of segmented pathways that each include a corresponding renewable energy source and a vehicle propelled along the plurality of segmented pathways. The electrical grid management system includes a system control module including control logic determining a baseline operational plan. The baseline operation plan is based on scheduling and operational requirements of the vehicle. The electrical grid management system also includes a corresponding supercapacitor provided for at least one of the plurality of segmented pathways. The supercapacitor stores energy generated by the corresponding renewable energy source for later use to propel the vehicle along a corresponding segmented pathway. The electrical grid management system includes a plurality of section control modules in communication with the system control module, the corresponding supercapacitor, and the main grid. | 04-14-2016 |
191007000 | Alternating-alternating | 2 |
20110005879 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A SINGLE-PHASE SUPPLY LINE TO A THREE-PHASE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A device for connecting at least one single-phase power supply line which, in particular, feeds the overhead line of a railroad track, to a three-phase power supply network. A primary side of a transformer is connected to the power supply network and a secondary side is connected to the single-phase power supply line and to a ground connection. A symmetry device is connected to a phase of the transformer, to the ground connection, and to the single-phase power supply line. | 01-13-2011 |
20160144723 | Converter System For Electrically Driving A Vehicle - A converter system for electrically driving a vehicle, including a grid-side converter, a DC link with at least a first and second potential conductors, and a motor-side converter. The motor-side converter allows a bidirectional flow of energy. The grid-side converter has a single phase on the input side and is connected to a supply grid. The grid-side converter is unidirectional and allows a flow of energy from the supply grid into the DC link. The DC link connects the grid-side converter to the motor-side converter and has a first electrical energy storage between the first and second potential conductors. The electrical energy storage is connected to the DC link via an electrical connection. The flow of energy from the DC link into the further electrical energy storage and the flow of energy from the further electrical energy storage into the DC link is able to be controlled. | 05-26-2016 |