A capacitive wireless charging system for use with a vehicle includes a roadway-side capacitive charging pad configured to be embedded in a roadway and to form a capacitive electrical connection with a vehicle-side capacitive charging pad for wirelessly transferring power to charge a vehicle battery when the vehicle is on the roadway, a power conditioning circuit configured to be positioned next to the roadway and to condition power received from a power source, and a plurality of conductors configured to be at least partially embedded in the roadway and to electrically connect the power conditioning circuit and the roadway-side capacitive charging pad, such that the plurality of conductors form a roadway-side matching network for the capacitive electrical connection without discrete inductors and capacitors.
ROADWAY EMBEDDABLE CAPACITIVE WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEMS
2022-08-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung / E01F ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE , Zusätzliche Baumaßnahmen, wie die Ausstattung von Straßen oder die bauliche Ausbildung von Bahnsteigen, Landeplätzen für Hubschrauber, Wegweisern, Schneezäunen oder dgl. / H03J TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS , Abstimmen von Resonanzkreisen [Tuner] |
Roadway wireless charging device and wireless charging system
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