Providing a land vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle or a road automobile, with electric energy by induction

• US 9,751,415 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ENRX IPT GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH (Bombardier Incorporated)
• Inventors: Czainski, Robert, Woronowicz, Konrad, Garcia, Federico, Lannoije, Marnix
• Primary Examiner(s): KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L
• Application Number:
  US14/396,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20150075934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/147 electro magnetic [EMI]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 5/005 without mechanical contact between the collector and the power supply line
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/122 Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil
• CPC Class Codes: B60M 7/003 for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/366 made of ferromagnetic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• 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 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.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing a land vehicle with electric energy by producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on a track of the vehicle or located at a stop of the vehicle, by receiving a magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side onboard the vehicle above a source of the electromagnetic field and by magnetic induction on the secondary side, the apparatus comprising:

a primary side conductor assembly made of electrically conducting material as the source of the electromagnetic field, wherein the primary side conductor assembly produces the electromagnetic field during operation while the electrically conducting material carries an alternating electric current, and

a primary side shielding assembly made of magnetizable material,

wherein the primary side shielding assembly or a part of the primary side shielding assembly extends sideways of the primary side conductor assembly on a same height level as the primary side conductor assembly, thereby shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material, from the electromagnetic field,

wherein the primary side shielding assembly extends from sideways of the primary side conductor assembly to a height level above a height level of a lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, thereby also shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a higher height level as the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, from the electromagnetic field, and

wherein the magnetizable material of the primary side shielding assembly is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, above the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly.

2. An apparatus for providing a land vehicle with electric energy by producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on a track of the vehicle or located at a stop of the vehicle, by receiving a magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side onboard the vehicle using a secondary side conductor assembly located above a primary side conductor assembly, which is a source of the electromagnetic field, and by magnetic induction on the secondary side, the apparatus comprising:

the secondary side conductor assembly, which is 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,

wherein the secondary side shielding assembly or a part of the secondary side shielding assembly extends sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly on a same height level as the secondary side conductor assembly, thereby shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material, from the electromagnetic stray field,

wherein the secondary side shielding assembly extends from sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly to a height level below a height level of a lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, thereby also shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a lower height level as the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, from the electromagnetic stray field, and

wherein during operation of the secondary side conductor assembly, the magnetizable material of the secondary side shielding assembly is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, below the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly.

3. A land vehicle comprising the apparatus of claim 2.

4. A method of providing a land vehicle with electric energy by producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on a track of the vehicle or located at a stop of the vehicle, for receiving a magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side onboard the vehicle using a secondary side conductor assembly located above a source of the electromagnetic field by magnetic induction on the secondary side, the method comprising:

conducting an alternating electric current through a primary side conductor assembly made of electrically conducting material to produce the electromagnetic field, and

shielding regions, which are located sideways of the primary side conductor assembly from the electromagnetic field using a primary side shielding assembly, which or a part of which extends sideways of the primary side conductor assembly on a same level as the primary side conductor assembly, wherein the primary side shielding assembly is made of magnetizable material,

wherein the primary side shielding assembly, which extends from sideways of the primary side conductor assembly to a height level above a height level of a lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a higher height level as the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, and

wherein the magnetizable material of the primary side shielding assembly, which is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, above the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and above the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly.

5. A method of providing a land vehicle with electric energy by receiving, on a secondary side onboard the vehicle, a magnetic component of an electromagnetic field produced on a primary side located below the vehicle on a track of the vehicle or at a stop of the vehicle, and by magnetic induction on the secondary side, using a secondary side conductor assembly located above a primary side conductor assembly, which is a source of the electromagnetic field, the method comprising:

receiving the electromagnetic field by the 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

shielding regions, which are located sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly from the electromagnetic stray field using a secondary side shielding assembly, which or a part of which extends sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly on a same height level as the secondary side conductor assembly, wherein the secondary side shielding assembly is made of magnetizable material,

wherein the secondary side shielding assembly, which extends from sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly to a height level below a height level of a lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic stray field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a lower height level as the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, and

wherein while the electromagnetic field is received by the electrically conducting material of the secondary side conductor assembly, the magnetizable material of the secondary side shielding assembly, which is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, below the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and below the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly.