ENERGY CHARGING SYSTEM RELATED TO THE STOP OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• US 20170113561A1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sequoia Automation S.r.l.
• Original Assignee: Sequoia Automation S.r.l.
• Inventors: IPPOLITO, Massimo
• Application Number:
  US15/129,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20170113561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/40 Working vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/22 Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/32 by charging in short intervals along the itinerary, e.g. during short stops
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/52 Wind-driven generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/55 Capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 8/006 Converting flow of air into electric energy, e.g. by using wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

An energy charging system (1) is described, comprising at least one operator vehicle (10) equipped with at least one electrically supplied traction engine and moving along at least one operating path (R10), and at least one backup vehicle (20) equipped with at least one device (30) adapted to produce, accumulate and transfer electric energy to such operator vehicle (10) through a connection directly and automatically performed next to at least one stop (S1, S2, . . . Sn) of such operator vehicle (10) along at least one said operating path (R10) for recharging one or more electric supply batteries of the traction engine, such backup vehicle (20) being adapted to move on a path spatially and timely related to such stop (S1, S2, . . . Sn) of the operator vehicle (10).

Claims

1. Energy charging system (1) comprising at least one operator vehicle (10) equipped with at least one electrically supplied traction engine and moving along at least one operating path (R10), and at least one backup vehicle (20) equipped with at least one device (30) adapted to produce, accumulate and transfer electric energy to said operator vehicle (10) through a connection performed directly and automatically next to a plurality di stops (S1, S2, . . . Sn) of said operator vehicle (10) along at least one said operating path (R10) for recharging one or more electric supply batteries of said traction engine, said backup vehicle (20) being adapted to move on a path, spatially and timely correlated with the stop (S1, S2, . . . Sn) of said operator vehicle (10), characterized in that said backup vehicle (20) is of the moving type, said backup vehicle (20) comprising at least one module (24) adapted to translate on at least one rail (25) placed next to the ground allowing said backup vehicle (20) of moving said path related to said stop (S1, S2, . . . Sn) of said operator vehicle (10), said device (30) being composed of at least one wind system for the energy conversion through at least one power wing profile (31) driven from the ground and immersed in at least one wind current, said module (24) being connected through at least one tether (32) to said power wing profile (31) driven by said module (24), said tether (32) being adapted to transmit mechanical energy from and to said wing profile (31) and control a flight trajectory of said wing profile (31).

2. Energy charging system (1) according to the previous claim, characterized in that said vehicle (10, 20) is equipped with metallic contacts (11, 21) adapted to perform said connection, next to said stop (S1, S2, . . . Sn), and at least one battery of super-capacitors (12, 22) adapted to reach voltages and currents compatible with the switching devices of the conversion and control (13, 23).

3. Energy charging system (1) according to the previous claim, characterized in that it comprises a double diagnostic system in real time operating in parallel adapted to verify spring-type contacts and contacts of the plane type, arranged in an array of said metal contacts (11, 21).

4. Energy charging system (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said module (24) comprises means for driving said wind profile (31), means for storing said tether (32), means for performing said energy conversion.