Structural shroud for embedded wireless charger

Abstract

A roadway section for enabling dynamic wireless power transfer to a vehicle. The roadway section includes pavement material defining a driving surface for the vehicle, a wireless power charger including an electrically-conductive element embedded in the pavement material, and a shroud at least partially circumscribing the electrically-conductive element. The electrically-conductive element may be in electrical communication with a power supply and may emit a magnetic field for dynamic wireless power transfer to the vehicle. The shroud may have an external surface, and at least a portion of the external surface may have a micro-textured profile integrating the shroud with the pavement material surrounding the shroud, thus assisting with adherence to the pavement material of the roadway section.

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