A distributed electric vehicle (EV) charging system infrastructure element 10 includes a modular edging segment 11 (e.g. kerb, curb) and a hollow cabling conduit 12 that is: housed within a portion of the modular edging segment; and adapted to accommodate a charging feed. The hollow cabling conduit includes an aperture 24 that receives a post of a charging module and forms an exit point for the charging feed to pass from the hollow cabling conduit to the charging module. Installation of the infrastructure element includes selecting a road location for the installation of a distributed EV charging system and cutting a channel parallel to the edge of the vehicle surface of the road in the region abutting the edge of the edging segments. A series of spaced-apart infrastructure elements are installed between the channel and the edge of the road, the hollow cabling conduit of each infrastructure element being aligned with the channel. Edging segments are installed between the infrastructure elements, the infrastructure elements and edging segments forming a boundary between the channel and the edge of the vehicle surface. Cabling is installed within channel, the cabling having a junction at each hollow cabling conduit, and the channel is covered.
Infrastructure element
2022-02-09
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / E01C Bau von Straßen, Sportplätzen oder dgl., Decken dafür , CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE / H02G INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES , Verlegen oder Installieren elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen, Verlegen oder Installieren kombinierter optischer und elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen |