# US 9,751,415 B2 · Providing a land vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle or a road automobile, with electric energy by induction

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- Number: US 9,751,415 B2
- Document ID: US9751415B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/396,226
- Filed: 2013-04-23
- Published: 2015-03-19
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-04-23
- Assignees: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
- Applicants: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
- Inventors: Robert Czainski; Konrad Woronowicz; Federico Garcia; Marnix Lannoije
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751415B2

## CPC

- B60L 5/005: {without mechanical contact between the collector and the power supply line}
- B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer
- B60L 53/122: Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil
- B60M 7/003: {for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)}
- H01F 27/366: {made of ferromagnetic material}
- H01F 38/14: Inductive couplings
- H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling
- H02J 50/70: involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
- B60L 2200/26: Rail vehicles
- B60L 2270/147: electro magnetic [EMI]
- 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)
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

An arrangement for providing a land vehicle, with electric energy includes producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on the track of the vehicle and/or located at a stop of the vehicle, by receiving the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side on board the vehicle above the source of the electromagnetic field and by magnetic induction on the secondary side. The arrangement includes a secondary side conductor assembly made of electrically conducting material which produces an electromagnetic stray field during operation while the electrically conducting material carries an alternating electric current and a secondary side shielding assembly made of magnetizable material. The secondary side shielding assembly extends sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly on the same level as the secondary side conductor assembly, thereby shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material, from the electromagnetic stray field.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for providing a land vehicle with electric energy by producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on a track of the vehicle or located at a stop of the vehicle, by receiving a magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side onboard the vehicle above a source of the electromagnetic field and by magnetic induction on the secondary side, the apparatus comprising:
a primary side conductor assembly made of electrically conducting material as the source of the electromagnetic field, wherein the primary side conductor assembly produces the electromagnetic field during operation while the electrically conducting material carries an alternating electric current, and
a primary side shielding assembly made of magnetizable material,
wherein the primary side shielding assembly or a part of the primary side shielding assembly extends sideways of the primary side conductor assembly on a same height level as the primary side conductor assembly, thereby shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material, from the electromagnetic field,
wherein the primary side shielding assembly extends from sideways of the primary side conductor assembly to a height level above a height level of a lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, thereby also shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a higher height level as the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, from the electromagnetic field, and
wherein the magnetizable material of the primary side shielding assembly is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, above the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly.

### Claim 2

An apparatus for providing a land vehicle with electric energy by producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on a track of the vehicle or located at a stop of the vehicle, by receiving a magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side onboard the vehicle using a secondary side conductor assembly located above a primary side conductor assembly, which is a source of the electromagnetic field, and by magnetic induction on the secondary side, the apparatus comprising:
the secondary side conductor assembly, which is made of electrically conducting material which produces an electromagnetic stray field during operation while the electrically conducting material carries an alternating electric current, and
a secondary side shielding assembly made of magnetizable material,
wherein the secondary side shielding assembly or a part of the secondary side shielding assembly extends sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly on a same height level as the secondary side conductor assembly, thereby shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material, from the electromagnetic stray field,
wherein the secondary side shielding assembly extends from sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly to a height level below a height level of a lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, thereby also shielding regions, which are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a lower height level as the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, from the electromagnetic stray field, and
wherein during operation of the secondary side conductor assembly, the magnetizable material of the secondary side shielding assembly is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, below the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A land vehicle comprising the apparatus of claim 2.

### Claim 4

A method of providing a land vehicle with electric energy by producing an electromagnetic field on a primary side located on a track of the vehicle or located at a stop of the vehicle, for receiving a magnetic component of the electromagnetic field on a secondary side onboard the vehicle using a secondary side conductor assembly located above a source of the electromagnetic field by magnetic induction on the secondary side, the method comprising:
conducting an alternating electric current through a primary side conductor assembly made of electrically conducting material to produce the electromagnetic field, and
shielding regions, which are located sideways of the primary side conductor assembly from the electromagnetic field using a primary side shielding assembly, which or a part of which extends sideways of the primary side conductor assembly on a same level as the primary side conductor assembly, wherein the primary side shielding assembly is made of magnetizable material,
wherein the primary side shielding assembly, which extends from sideways of the primary side conductor assembly to a height level above a height level of a lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a higher height level as the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly, and
wherein the magnetizable material of the primary side shielding assembly, which is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, above the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and above the lateral edge of the primary side conductor assembly.

### Claim 5

A method of providing a land vehicle with electric energy by receiving, on a secondary side onboard the vehicle, a magnetic component of an electromagnetic field produced on a primary side located below the vehicle on a track of the vehicle or at a stop of the vehicle, and by magnetic induction on the secondary side, using a secondary side conductor assembly located above a primary side conductor assembly, which is a source of the electromagnetic field, the method comprising:
receiving the electromagnetic field by the secondary side conductor assembly made of electrically conducting material which produces an electromagnetic stray field during operation while the electrically conducting material carries an alternating electric current, and
shielding regions, which are located sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly from the electromagnetic stray field using a secondary side shielding assembly, which or a part of which extends sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly on a same height level as the secondary side conductor assembly, wherein the secondary side shielding assembly is made of magnetizable material,
wherein the secondary side shielding assembly, which extends from sideways of the secondary side conductor assembly to a height level below a height level of a lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic stray field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and at a lower height level as the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly, and
wherein while the electromagnetic field is received by the electrically conducting material of the secondary side conductor assembly, the magnetizable material of the secondary side shielding assembly, which is also located, if viewed in the vertical direction, below the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly within a gap between the primary side conductor assembly and the secondary side conductor assembly, is also used to shield regions from the electromagnetic field, which regions are located beyond the magnetizable material and below the lateral edge of the secondary side conductor assembly.