Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140238804 | Conductor Arrangement for Producing an Electromagnetic Field and Route for Vehicles, in Particular for Road Automobiles, Comprising the Conductor Arrangement - A conductor arrangement for producing an electromagnetic field and thereby transferring energy to vehicles driving on a surface of a route, in particular for transferring energy to road automobiles is disclosed. The conductor arrangement includes a first, lower coating layer, a second upper coating layer, and at least one electric line which—if arranged as part of the route—extends under the surface of the route in and/or about the travelling direction of the vehicles. The at least one electric line is arranged in between the lower and upper coating layer. | 08-28-2014 |
20140318912 | Providing a Vehicle with Electric Energy Using a Receiving Device Adapted to Receive an Alternating Electromagnetic Field - An arrangement for providing a vehicle with electric energy, including a receiving device adapted to receive an alternating electromagnetic field and to produce an alternating electric current by magnetic induction, a plurality of phase lines adapted to carry a different phase current of the alternating electric current. Each phase line forms at least two coils. Each coil includes at least one turn of the phase line. The turn of any one of the coils including only one turn is turned around a central axis of the coil. The turns of any one of the coils including more than one turn are consecutive sections of the phase line turned around a central axis of the coil. The at least two coils of each phase line are located next to each other so as to form a sequence of coils. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318913 | Inductively Transferring Electric Energy to a Vehicle Using Consecutive Segments Which are Operated at the Same Time - A system for transferring electric energy to a vehicle, including an electric conductor arrangement for producing an alternating electromagnetic field and for thereby transferring electric energy to a vehicle. The conductor arrangement includes a plurality of consecutive segments. Each segment is combined with an assigned controller adapted to control the operation of the segment independently of the other segments. The controllers of at least two consecutive segments are connected to each other and/or to a central controlling device so that the at least two consecutive segments can operate at the same time. Each segment includes at least three alternating current lines for carrying phases of a multi-phase alternating current. The consecutive segments are electrically connected in parallel to each other to a current supply. The alternating current lines of each segment include a plurality of sections which extend transversely to the direction of travel of the vehicle. | 10-30-2014 |
20150035355 | System for Inductively Transferring Electric Energy to a Vehicle Using Consecutive Segments - A system for transferring electric energy to a vehicle including an electric conductor arrangement for producing an alternating electromagnetic field and for thereby transferring electric energy to a vehicle, and a current supply for supplying electric energy to the segments. The conductor arrangement including a plurality of consecutive segments. Each segment includes at least one alternating current line for carrying an alternating current. The segments are electrically connected in parallel to each other to the current supply. For a sequence of consecutive segments, a converter is assigned and connected to each segment. The assigned converter is connected to the current supply and is adapted to convert a current carried by the current supply to an alternating current carried by the at least one alternating current line of the segment, so that there is a sequence of assigned converters for the corresponding sequence of consecutive segments. | 02-05-2015 |
20150075934 | Providing a Land Vehicle, in Particular a Rail Vehicle or a Road Automobile, with Electric Energy by Induction - An arrangement for providing a land vehicle, with electric energy includes producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on the track of the vehicle and/or located at a stop of the vehicle, by receiving the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side on board the vehicle above the source of the electromagnetic field and by magnetic induction on the secondary side. The arrangement includes a secondary side conductor assembly made of electrically conducting material which produces an electromagnetic stray field during operation while the electrically conducting material carries an alternating electric current and a secondary side shielding assembly made of magnetizable material. The secondary side shielding assembly extends sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly on the same level as the secondary side conductor assembly, thereby shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material, from the electromagnetic stray field. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084406 | Arrangement and Method for Providing a Vehicle with Electric Energy by Magnetic Induction - An arrangement for providing a vehicle with electric energy includes a receiving device adapted to receive the magnetic component of an alternating electromagnetic field and to produce an alternating electric current by magnetic induction. The receiving device includes at least one phase line, each phase line being adapted to carry a phase of the alternating electric current. The at least one phase line forms a line arrangement which extends in a longitudinal direction transversely to a flux line direction, in which magnetic flux lines of the electromagnetic field penetrate the line arrangement, so that the line arrangement has a first end and a second end, the ends being located at opposite ends of the line arrangement in the longitudinal direction. The width of the line arrangement, gradually decreases along the extension of the line arrangement towards the first end and/or towards the second end. | 03-26-2015 |