Apparatus for wireless battery charger heat management
AssigneeIntegrated Roadways IP LLC
InventorsTim Sylvester, Tiziano Pedersoli
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Abstract
A roadway section comprises a body, a wireless battery charger, a leveling foot, and a thermal conduction coupler. The body includes rigid pavement. The wireless battery charger is embedded in the body and is configured to induce an electrical charge on a battery of a vehicle traveling on the roadway section. The leveling foot is embedded in the body and is configured to raise or lower a portion of the body with respect to the ground underneath the roadway section. The thermal conduction coupler is embedded in the body and extends between the wireless battery charger and the leveling foot.
Claims20
A roadway section comprising:
- a body of rigid pavement;
- a wireless battery charger embedded in the body and configured to induce an electrical charge on a battery of a vehicle traveling on the roadway section;
- a leveling foot embedded in the body and configured to raise or lower a portion of the body with respect to the ground underneath the roadway section;
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- a thermal conduction coupler embedded in the body and extending between the wireless battery charger and the leveling foot.
A roadway section comprising:
- a body of rigid pavement;
- a plurality of wireless battery chargers embedded in the body, each wireless battery charger configured to induce an electrical charge on a battery of a vehicle traveling on the roadway section;
- a plurality of leveling feet, each leveling foot positioned in a vicinity of a successive corner of the body and configured to raise or lower a successive portion of the body with respect to the ground underneath the roadway section;
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- a plurality of thermal conduction couplers embedded in the body and configured to conductively transfer heat from the wireless battery chargers to the leveling feet.
A roadway section comprising:
- a body of rigid pavement;
- a plurality of wireless battery chargers embedded in the body, each wireless battery charger configured to induce an electrical charge on a battery of a vehicle traveling on the roadway section;
- an upper reinforcement layer embedded in the body and formed from non-ferrous material and configured to provide structural strength to the body;
- a lower reinforcement layer embedded in the body and configured to provide structural strength to the body;
- a plurality of leveling feet, each leveling foot positioned in a vicinity of a successive corner of the body and configured to raise or lower a successive portion of the body with respect to the ground underneath the roadway section;
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- a plurality of connecting arms embedded in the body and interposed between respective ones of the plurality of wireless battery chargers and respective ones of the plurality of the leveling feet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.