A System and a Method for Providing Electric Power
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsTamas RAPP, Benedek POUR, Kornel STRAUB, Huba NEMETH
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Abstract
A system for providing power to an unpowered vehicle by a powered vehicle has a line arrangement with multiple lines representing inputs, each of which includes at least one power line for supplying power. A merging unit combines the power lines of the line arrangement to a total voltage on a common voltage line. The line arrangement and the merging unit are to be arranged on the powered vehicle to provide power to the unpowered vehicle.
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A system for providing power to an unpowered vehicle by a powered vehicle, comprising:
- a line arrangement with multiple lines representing inputs, each of which comprises at least one power line for supplying power;
- and
- a merging unit to combine the power lines of the line arrangement to a total voltage on a common voltage line,
- wherein the line arrangement and the merging unit are arrangeable on the powered vehicle to provide power for the unpowered vehicle.
A method for providing power to an unpowered vehicle by a powered vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- feeding power on a line arrangement with multiple lines representing inputs or outputs into a merging unit;
- merging power on the multiple lines of the line arrangement to a total voltage on a common voltage line;
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- transmitting the total voltage from the powered vehicle to the unpowered vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.