# US 2014/0151175 A1 · Route for Vehicles, in Particular for Road Automobiles

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- Number: US 2014/0151175 A1
- Document ID: US20140151175A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/232,091
- Filed: 2012-07-13
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2011-07-13
- Assignees: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
- Inventors: Oliver Vietzke
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151175A1

## CPC

- B60L 5/005: {without mechanical contact between the collector and the power supply line}
- B60L 53/124: Detection or removal of foreign bodies
- B60L 53/39: with position-responsive activation of primary coils
- B60M 7/00: Power lines or rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types, e.g. suspension tramway, ropeway, underground railway
- B60M 7/003: {for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)}
- E01C 5/00: Pavings made of prefabricated single units (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C13/04, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C15/00; making artificial stones C04B; building stones E04C; flooring E04F)
- E01C 9/00: Special pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C13/00, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C15/00); Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields (pavement lights E01C17/00; manholes or like covers or frames E02D29/14)
- E01C 11/00: Details of pavings {(E01C1/005, E01C5/003, E01C5/005, E01C7/145, E01C7/185, E01C7/325 take precedence)}
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- B60M: POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY- PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines B61L; construction of rails and points in general E01B)
- E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A route for vehicles driving on the route surface wherein the route includes a plurality of shaped blocks adapted to position and/or to hold a plurality of line sections of one or more electric lines. Each shaped block includes recesses forming spaces and/or projections delimiting spaces for receiving at least one of the line sections. At least one electric line extends through the spaces and along the surface of the route in and/or about the travelling direction of vehicles which are driving on the route. The shaped blocks and the at least one electric line are supported by a base layer and are covered by a cover layer of the route. The material of the shaped blocks is also located in side regions of the route sideways of the shaped blocks so that the shaped blocks and the side regions form an integration layer above the base layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A route for at least one vehicle driving on a surface of the route comprising:
a plurality of shaped blocks adapted to position, to hold, or to position and to hold a plurality of line sections of at least one electric line,
each shaped block comprises recesses forming spaces and/or projections delimiting spaces for receiving at least one of the line sections,
the at least one electric line extends through the spaces,
the at least one electric line extends along the surface of the route in and/or about the travelling direction of vehicles which are driving on the route,
the shaped blocks and the at least one electric line are supported by a base layer of the route,
the shaped blocks and the at least one electric line are covered by a cover layer of the route,
the material of the shaped blocks is also located in side regions of the route sideways of the shaped blocks so that the shaped blocks and the side regions form an integration layer above the base layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The route of claim 1, wherein a contact layer is located between the cover layer and the integration layer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The route of claim 1, wherein an intermediate layer is located between the base layer and the integration layer, the intermediate layer decoupling the integration layer and the base layer from each other, in particular for decoupling vibrations, relative movement due to different thermal expansion or contraction, or for decoupling vibrations and relative movement due to different thermal expansion or contraction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The route of claim 1, wherein a same type of material is used for the shaped blocks and for the cover layer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The route of claim 1, wherein the boundary surface of the shaped blocks towards the cover layer has been cleaned from foreign material, has partly been removed, or has been cleaned from foreign material and has partly been removed before the same type of material as the material of the shaped blocks has been placed next to the shaped blocks to form the integration layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The route of claim 1, wherein a magnetic core material is integrated in the integration layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The route of claim 6, wherein the magnetic core material is placed within a core space formed by recesses, delimited by projections of the shaped block, or placed within a core space formed by recesses and delimited by projections of the shaped block.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The route of claim 7, wherein the core space extends in the driving direction of vehicles driving on the route.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The route of claim 1, wherein a shielding layer of electrically conducting material is placed below the shaped blocks or is integrated in the shaped blocks below the spaces through which the at least one electric line extends.

### Claim 10

A method of building a route for at least one vehicle driving on a surface of the route, comprising the steps of:
providing a base layer of the route for supporting shaped blocks and at least one electric line,
providing a plurality of shaped blocks for positioning, holding, or positioning and holding a plurality of line sections of at least one electric line, wherein each shaped block comprises recesses forming spaces, comprises projections delimiting spaces for receiving at least one of the line sections, or comprises recesses forming spaces and comprises projections delimiting spaces for receiving at least one of the line sections.
laying the at least one electric line so that it extends through the spaces and so that along the surface of the route in, about, or in and about it extends the travelling direction of vehicles which are driving on the route,
placing the same type of material as the material of the shaped blocks also in side regions of the route sideways of the shaped blocks so that the shaped blocks and the side regions form an integration layer above the base layer,
covering the integration layer and the at least one electric line by a cover layer of the route.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein a contact layer is placed between the cover layer and the integration layer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein an intermediate layer is placed between the base layer and the integration layer, the intermediate layer decoupling the integration layer and the base layer from each other, in particular for decoupling vibrations, relative movement due to different thermal expansion or contraction, or decoupling vibrations and relative movement due to different thermal expansion or contraction.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein gaps between the line sections and surfaces of the spaces, which are formed by the recesses, which are delimited by the projections, or which are formed by the recesses and which are delimited by the projection are filled by the same type of material as the material of the shaped blocks after the line sections have been placed in the spaces.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein a same type of material is used for the shaped blocks and for the cover layer.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the boundary surface of the shaped blocks towards the cover layer is cleaned from foreign material, is partly removed, or is cleaned from foreign material and is partly removed before the material of the cover layer is placed next to the shaped blocks in order to form the integration layer.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein a magnetic core material is integrated in the integration layer.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the magnetic core material is placed within a core space formed by recesses, delimited by projections of the shaped block, or is placed within a core space formed by recesses and delimited by projections of the shaped block.

### Claim 18 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the core space extends in the driving direction of vehicles driving on the route.

### Claim 19 (depends on 10)

The method of one of claim 10, wherein a shielding layer of electrically conducting material is placed below the shaped blocks.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The route of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicle is a road automobile.

### Claim 21 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one vehicle is a road automobile.