Safety system, a method of operating a safety system and a method of building a safety system
First Claim
1. A safety system for an inductive power transfer system for transferring power to a vehicle on a surface of a route, comprising:
- a primary unit of at least one primary winding for generating an electromagnetic primary field for the inductive power transfer,a charging surface of the route assigned to the primary winding, andat least one capacitive sensing system, wherein the capacitive sensing system comprises multiple detection capacitors,wherein each of the multiple detection capacitors has a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the multiple detection capacitors are arranged in an array structure, and wherein the array structure covers the charging surface at least partially, and wherein at least one detection capacitor is arranged in a conductor path, wherein the conductor path comprises at least two counter-oriented conductor loops.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a safety system for an inductive power transfer system for transferring power to a vehicle on a surface of a route, wherein the primary unit comprises at least one primary winding for generating an electromagnetic primary field for the inductive power transfer, wherein a charging surface of the route is assigned to the primary winding. The safety system comprises at least one capacitive sensing system, wherein the capacitive sensing system comprises multiple detection capacitors, wherein the multiple detection capacitors are arranged in an array structure, and wherein the array structure covers the charging surface at least partially. A method of operating the safety system and a method of building the safety system is proposed.
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13 Claims
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1. A safety system for an inductive power transfer system for transferring power to a vehicle on a surface of a route, comprising:
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a primary unit of at least one primary winding for generating an electromagnetic primary field for the inductive power transfer, a charging surface of the route assigned to the primary winding, and at least one capacitive sensing system, wherein the capacitive sensing system comprises multiple detection capacitors, wherein each of the multiple detection capacitors has a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the multiple detection capacitors are arranged in an array structure, and wherein the array structure covers the charging surface at least partially, and wherein at least one detection capacitor is arranged in a conductor path, wherein the conductor path comprises at least two counter-oriented conductor loops. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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