Wireless charging system for a road
AssigneeIntegrated Roadways IP LLC
InventorsTim Sylvester, Tiziano Pedersoli
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Abstract
A wireless charging system for a road. The wireless charging system comprises a strain sensor array embedded within the road. The strain sensor array is configured to generate data regarding strain on the road corresponding to passing vehicles. The wireless charging system additionally comprises a wireless power charger embedded within the road. The wireless power charger is configured to induce wireless charging in the vehicles. The wireless charging system further comprises at least one control processor in communication with the strain sensor array and the wireless power charger. The control processor is configured to control the wireless power charger based on the data received from the strain sensor array.
Claims17
A wireless charging system for a road, said wireless charging system comprising:
- a strain sensor array embedded within the road, wherein the strain sensor array is configured to generate data regarding strain on the road corresponding to passing vehicles;
- a wireless power charger embedded within the road, wherein the wireless power charger is configured to induce wireless charging in the vehicles;
- a reinforcement layer embedded within the road with the wireless power charger positioned below the reinforcement layer, the reinforcement layer comprising non-magnetic shielding material;
- a second reinforcement layer embedded within the road with the wireless power charger positioned above the second reinforcement layer, the second reinforcement layer comprising magnetic shielding material;
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- at least one control processor in communication with the strain sensor array and the wireless power charger, wherein the control processor is configured to control the wireless power charger based on the data received from the strain sensor array.
A method of wirelessly charging a vehicle traveling on a road, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) sensing, via a strain sensor array embedded within the road, the vehicle traveling on the road, wherein said sensing of step (a) includes generating, via the strain sensor array, strain data regarding strain on the road corresponding to the vehicle traveling on the road;
- (b) providing the strain data to at least one control processor in communication with the strain sensor array;
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- (c) transmitting, via a wireless power charger embedded within the road, energy wirelessly to the vehicle, wherein said transmitting of step (c) is controlled by the at least one control processor in communication with wireless power charger, the control processor being configured to control the wireless power charger based on the strain data generated by the strain sensor array,
- wherein the wireless power charger is embedded within the road:
- (i) below a reinforcement layer that comprises non-magnetic shielding material in the road, and (ii) above a second reinforcement layer that comprises magnetic shielding material in the road.
A wireless charging system for a road, said wireless charging system comprising:
- a strain sensor array embedded within the road, wherein the strain sensor array is configured to generate data regarding strain on the road corresponding to passing vehicles, wherein the strain sensor array includes a plurality of strain sensors distributed along a first dimension of the road and along a second dimension of the road perpendicular to the first dimension;
- a wireless power charger embedded within the road, wherein the wireless power charger is configured to induce wireless charging in the vehicles, wherein the road includes a precast slab in which the strain sensor array and the wireless power charger are embedded, and wherein the road has a perimeter defined by a plurality of sides;
- at least one control processor in communication with the strain sensor array and the wireless power charger, wherein the control processor is configured to control the wireless power charger based on the data received from the strain sensor array;
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- a plurality of load-transferring connectors embedded along at least a side of the plurality of sides and attached to an adjacent structure, the plurality of load-transferring connectors being configured to transfer load on the precast slab corresponding to the passing vehicles between the precast slab and the adjacent structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.