Electric highway system
First Claim
1. An electric highway system including a roadside subsystem, a system operation monitoring center, a communication network connecting said roadside subsystem and said system operation monitoring center, and at least one electrified lane in which a plurality of vehicles equipped with an electric motor and at least one energy storage means operate whereinsaid roadside subsystem includes a plurality of roadside controllers and roadside conductor assemblies,said roadside controller is housed in a roadside box,said roadside controller includes at least one communication means,said roadside controller includes a power supply assembly and a power meter, andsaid roadside controller transmits readings of said power meter to said system operation monitoring center continually every small time increment.
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Abstract
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.
26 Citations
21 Claims
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1. An electric highway system including a roadside subsystem, a system operation monitoring center, a communication network connecting said roadside subsystem and said system operation monitoring center, and at least one electrified lane in which a plurality of vehicles equipped with an electric motor and at least one energy storage means operate wherein
said roadside subsystem includes a plurality of roadside controllers and roadside conductor assemblies, said roadside controller is housed in a roadside box, said roadside controller includes at least one communication means, said roadside controller includes a power supply assembly and a power meter, and said roadside controller transmits readings of said power meter to said system operation monitoring center continually every small time increment.
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9. An electric highway system including a system operation monitoring center, at least one electrified lane in which a plurality of vehicles equipped with an electric motor and at least one energy storage means operate wherein
said roadside subsystem includes one roadside conductor assembly comprising a pair of catenary assemblies per said electrified lane, a plurality of roadside controllers wherein each of said roadside controller includes a detector card for the transducer type detector, and housed in a roadside box, and same number of roadside post as said roadside box and a communication network that connects said system operation monitoring center and said roadside controller.
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16. An electric highway system including a roadside subsystem and at least one electrified lane wherein
said roadside subsystem includes a plurality of conductor assemblies, said roadside conductor assembly includes a conductor bed and an expansion box, said conductor bed and said expansion box are disposed longitudinally in an alternate order in said electrified lane, and said conductor bed includes at least one longitudinally extending non magnetic field shielding coaxial tube assembly wherein said coaxial tube assembly comprises an internal tube and an external tube, and said conductor is placed inside said internal tube.
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21. An electric highway system that includes a roadside subsystem and at least one electrified lane wherein
said roadside subsystem includes a plurality of conductor assemblies, said roadside conductor assembly includes a conductor bed and an expansion segment, said conductor bed and said expansion segment are disposed longitudinally in an alternate order in said electrified lane, said roadside conductor bed includes at least one roadside conductor that includes at least one braided rectangular wire or braided flat wire, said conductor is laid over a layer of caulking material that is spread on the bottom of a shallow groove cut on pavement of said electrified lane, and another layer of said caulking material spread on top of said conductor to fully enclose said conductor in said caulking material, space above said caulking material that encloses said conductor inside in said groove is covered with material that does not shield magnetic field, said conductor has a connecting end and a terminating end, said expansion segment between two neighboring said conductor beds is a shallow gutter, said gutter is deeper than said groove in which said conductor is laid, said expansion segment holds said connecting ends and said terminal ends of said roadside conductors, and said expansion segment connects said conductor bed and said roadside box.
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