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Widely deployable charging system for vehicles

  • US 20090011616A1
  • Filed: 07/06/2008
  • Published: 01/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical energy transfer system for transferring energy across two objects within specified range of relative position with respect to each other, which comprises of:

  • a. Two, arrays of insulated, independent conductive elements—

    with elements disposed along a surface, such that one or more elements of the first array are intended to mate with one or more elements of the second array.b. The geometry of the conductive element arrays and the conductive elements themselves is such that any arbitrarily selected overlap region of the two arrays can establish plurality of independent conductive paths across the two arrays.c. A mechanism to attach—

    henceforth referred as attaching mechanism or a mechanism to move—

    henceforth referred as actuating mechanism to attach each of the two arrays to the two objects and to move one or both of the arrays closer to each other and into their mating position, such that one or more conductive elements of one array overlap with and connect to one or more conductive elements of the second array.d. A set of switches to selectively connect each of the conductive element to other electrical circuits, which may include, but not limited to electrical power source, electrical power drain, electrical energy monitoring circuits, etc.

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