1314results about "Power current collectors" patented technology

A modular structure supports elevated rail segments for delivering electrical power to a moving work machine, such as a hauler at a mining site. Opposite ends of a roadside barrier contain complementary tubular couplers arranged vertically, one having a first diameter supported by an arm and the other having a larger second diameter and a vertical slot. Couplers on adjacent barriers can be mated together concentrically along a central axis. The mated couplers help restrict longitudinal displacement, lateral displacement, slope change, and lateral rotation between adjacent barriers during placement. One barrier may be used as a temporary alignment structure to position barriers spaced alternatingly along a haul route for the work machine.

The invention relates to the technical field of current compensation, and discloses a current compensation strategy and a compensation system for improving the direct current fast charging rate of an electric automobile. According to the scheme, the total current of a high-voltage loop and the input current of a battery are detected in real time, the dynamic load current difference value is calculated, and the battery health state and historical charging data are combined; and the charging pile request current value is adaptively adjusted to counteract the shunting influence of the load power. Meanwhile, a closed-loop feedback regulation mechanism is adopted, a compensation coefficient is corrected in real time through a PID algorithm, and the stability of the charging current is ensured. When the power of the charging pile is limited, the system dynamically reduces unnecessary loads (such as an air conditioner and a heater) according to a preset priority request, and the charging power of the battery is guaranteed preferentially. The charging rate is improved (the charging time is shortened by 10%-15%), the adaptability of the system to dynamic load fluctuation is enhanced, and the service life of the battery is prolonged.

A slidable current collector has frame formed as central substrate and sloped shoulders on opposing lateral sides of the central substrate. Electrical terminals pass through orifices arranged in at least two rows within the central substrate. At least one bumper is disposed on an underside of the central substrate between the at least two rows. During sliding on a power rail, the electrical terminals contact a rail surface, and the current collector can shift laterally on the rail surface across a distance between the bumper and one of the sloped shoulders. If disengagement of the electrical terminals from the rail surface occurs, angles on the sloped shoulders and the at least one bumper resist excessive lateral shifting and urge the electrical contacts to reengage with the rail surface.

A conducting rail retention system includes a plurality of conducting rails and a rail support assembly. The rail support assembly includes a support pole, the support pole including a top end and a bottom end, a support plate, the support plate being attached to the top end of the support pole, the support plate including a rail support portion on a top surface of the support plate, and a pair of rail clamps movable relative to one another from a rail unlock position to a rail interlock position securing the plurality of conducting rails to the support assembly.

A slidable current collector has an array of terminals with carbon brushes for contacting conductor rails to deliver electrical power to a moving work machine. The terminals have upper sections with a conductive post, lower sections that include a reservoir of liquid metal, and bladders that connect the upper sections with the lower sections. Magnets surround outer shells of the terminals. Fluid above a threshold pressure fed into the bladders holds the upper sections apart from the lower sections and forces the magnets away from the conductor rails. Fluid below the threshold pressure allows the magnets to clamp the terminals to the conductor, lowers the conductive post into the liquid metal, and urges the carbon brushes against the conductor rails. The bladders provide a fluid suspension distributed across the array of terminals, enabling consistent electrical contact and wear for the carbon brushes.

The invention relates to the technical field of anomaly detection, in particular to a pantograph arcing anomaly detection and early warning method based on fusion of ultraviolet light and infrared imaging, and the method comprises the steps: collecting an ultraviolet spectrum signal of a pantograph region in real time, and extracting arcing feature data; acquiring infrared temperature distribution images of the pantograph and the overhead line system, and extracting temperature abnormal region data; timestamp synchronization and space coordinate mapping are carried out on the arcing characteristic data and the temperature anomaly region data, and a fusion data set with time-space alignment is generated; on the basis of the fused data set, calculating the space-time similarity between the arcing feature data and the temperature anomaly region data, and outputting an arcing-temperature correlation index; constructing a Gaussian mixture model, and dynamically judging an abnormal level; and when the abnormal grade exceeds a preset threshold value, a grading early warning signal is triggered, and a fault positioning report including an arcing position and a temperature abnormal range is generated. The method has high engineering practicability, and has important significance for guaranteeing safe and stable operation of a rail transit power supply system.

An electromechanical joint provides rotational movement in at least two dimensions while conducting electrical power between orthogonal hubs. The joint, shaped as a cross, has four conical shafts positioned orthogonally and apart from each other within an interior of a housing. Apexes of the conical shafts face each other proximate a centroid of the housing. A conductive fluid, such as Galinstan, fills recesses between the conical shafts. Separate yokes attached to pairs of the hubs may impart forces on the shafts, causing the shafts to rotate within the conductive fluid around orthogonal axes. The conductive fluid provides simultaneous conduction of electrical power between the hubs. The yokes may be affixed respectively to a current collector and conductive arms of a work machine for improved movement and power conduction without the need for additional components.

A fluid control system for controlling pressurized fluid within a mobile energy transfer system, the control system including a compressor configured to pressurize a fluid, an accumulator configured to store the pressurized fluid from the compressor, and a pneumatic control valve for controlling movement for a connecting arm assembly and movement of a plurality of extendable brushes. The fluid control system may include the use of an extension fluid pathway for extending the downstream components and a retraction fluid pathway for retracting the downstream components and regenerating pressure for the control system.

A power supply system includes: a power transmission circuit provided on the ground side; a high frequency generation circuit that supplies high-frequency electric power to the power transmission circuit; a measurement unit that measures a physical quantity corresponding to the degree of coupling between the power transmission circuit and a power reception circuit provided in a vehicle; and a control unit. When the degree of coupling is determined, based on the measured physical quantity, to be lower than a predetermined degree, the control unit sets the impedance of the power transmission circuit to a first impedance and thereby sets the power transmission circuit to a non-resonant state. In contrast, when the degree of coupling is determined to be not lower than the predetermined degree, the control unit sets the impedance of the power transmission circuit to a second impedance and thereby sets the power transmission circuit to a resonant state.

A contactless power feeding apparatus includes a plurality of primary coils mounted on a road and a power feed controller which uses a portion of the primary coils as a power transmitting coil to achieve delivery of electrical power from the power transmitting coil to a secondary coil mounted in a vehicle. The power feed controller uses a selected primary coil that is one of the primary coils other than the power transmitting coil to decrease a leakage of magnetic flux arising from excitation of the power transmitting coil. Instead of the selected primary coil, the secondary coil may be used to reduce the leakage of magnetic flux.

A wireless power reception system includes a power transmission device, a power reception device, a wheel with a rim, and a tire mounted on the rim. The tire includes a bead core and a bead filler, a tire width direction cross-sectional area S1 of the bead filler is one to eight times a tire width direction cross-sectional area S2 of the bead core, the power transmission device can transmit electric power with a frequency of 1000 kHz or less wirelessly, the power reception device is disposed farther inward in the tire radial direction than a tread portion of the tire, the power reception device receives the electric power wirelessly from the power transmission device in a state such that the power transmission device is located farther outward in the tire radial direction than the tire, and the tread portion of the tire is formed from a non-magnetic material.

The present application discloses a contact network device, a smart car, a smart network system and a transportation system. The contact network device is installed on the car. The smart network system includes a network information system and a network power supply system. The network power supply system includes a contact network connected to the contact network device. The contact network provides electricity and basic sensor information for the car. The network information system interconnects the contact network device, the smart car and the contact network information to form a vehicle network. The smart car equipped with the contact network device and the smart network system constitute a new transportation system. When the car is traveling on a road with smart network system facilities, the smart network system provides electricity and sensor information, and the car is driven by a person or automatically drives forward. When the car is traveling on a road without smart network system facilities, it is powered by a battery or an internal combustion engine, and can be driven by a person or a simple remote control driving system provides information to enable the car to move forward, solving the problems of electric vehicle charging, endurance and automatic driving application.

The present invention provides for a crawler type ceiling vehicle (10) configured for traveling in a suspended manner especially headlong at a ceiling structure (1), wherein the vehicle exhibits a plurality of suspension elements (13, 13b) configured for suspending the vehicle and configured for coupling the vehicle to the structure (1), and at least one drive unit (11, 11a, 11b, 11c) configured for circumferential driving motion and accommodating a first circumferential track and a second circumferential track having a different circumferential shape / contour than the first circumferential track. The present invention provides for a method of driving a crawler type vehicle for traveling in a suspended manner especially headlong at a structure (1).

A mobile machine power conductor linkage for receiving power from a power conductor rail assembly, comprising a movable conductor arm assembly. The movable conductor arm assembly may include a proximal portion including a first proximal end pivotably coupled to a mobile machine and a first distal end, and a distal portion including (i) a second proximal end pivotably coupled to the first distal end of the proximal portion and (ii) a second distal end extendable away from a side of the mobile machine. The side of the mobile machine may be located between a front end and a rear end of the mobile machine; and the movable conductor arm assembly may be movable between a retracted position and an extended position.

A wireless power transfer system according to the present invention includes: a supply device having a primary coil installed on a road; a vehicle having a secondary coil that receives power transferred in a non-contact manner from the primary coil; and a server communicably connected to the supply device and the vehicle by wide-area wireless communication, in which the supply device transmits identification information of the supply device to the server before receiving a signal from the vehicle by narrow-area wireless communication, the server transmits a compatibility list including a combination of the compatible supply device and vehicle to the supply device on the basis of identification information of the supply device and information of the vehicle, and the supply device performs pairing with the vehicle on the basis of the compatibility list in a case of receiving the signal from the vehicle by the narrow-area wireless communication.

The invention discloses a metro equipment mounting system, and relates to the technical field of metro equipment, the metro equipment mounting system comprises a collector shoe mounted on a metro vehicle chassis and a contact rail mounted beside a metro rail, a shoe body of the collector shoe is in sliding contact with the contact rail, and the collector shoe comprises a supporting seat and a swing arm arranged on the supporting seat; a spring mechanism is further arranged between the swing arm and the supporting seat, a shoe body is arranged at the end, away from the supporting seat, of the swing arm, the swing arm is connected with the shoe body through a base plate, and the base plate is arranged on the swing arm in a swing mode. In the jumping stroke of the shoe body, the base plate drives the shoe body to swing; the shoe body is arranged on the base plate capable of swinging, when the shoe body jumps, swinging of the base drives the shoe body to swing together, the inclination angle is gradually increased, and in the process that the shoe body is away from the contact rail, one side of the shoe body can basically keep in the state of making contact with the contact rail in the direction perpendicular to the advancing direction of a subway.

The invention relates to a pantograph (1) for a rail vehicle, the pantograph comprising a structure and an articulated frame (5) mechanically connected to the structure, and a head mechanically connected to the articulated frame, wherein the pantograph is characterised in that it comprises a safety device (36) and an actuator (30) configured to act on the articulated frame via the safety device, and wherein the safety device is configured to selectively: - mechanically couple the actuator to the articulated frame, whereby the articulated frame can be moved, by the actuator, between a raised position in which the head is in contact with a catenary and a lowered position in which the head is brought closer to the structure; and - mechanically uncouple the actuator from the articulated frame, whereby the articulated frame moves into the lowered position, under its own weight, independently of the action of the actuator.

An electricity-conducting connector assembly for connecting a free-steering mobile machine to a stationary electricity source while moving includes an electricity-conducting boom assembly including a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the boom assembly movably connected to a body of the mobile machine; an electricity-conducting arm assembly including a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the arm assembly connected to the distal end of the boom assembly; and an electricity-conducting contactor assembly connected to the distal end of the arm assembly. The arm assembly includes at least three longitudinally extendable arms arranged parallel to one another.

A boom and trailing arm control system includes an electronic control module, a plurality of sensors, and a rail connector assembly with a boom, an arm assembly, and a contactor assembly, the rail connector assembly configured to connect with a plurality of conductor rails. The control system also includes an input receiver for the electronic control module configured to receive an input to extend the rail connector assembly from a frame of a mobile machine. The electronic control module is configured to generate commands to extend the boom and arm assembly.

A ramp assembly for guiding an electrical conductor system for a mobile machine onto a conductive rail assembly. The ramp assembly may include an ingress ramp assembly with a variable width, located at one end of the conductive rail assembly, and extend to a height above the conductive rail assembly, where a transition section guides the electrical conductor system onto the conductive rail assembly. The ramp assembly may also include an egress ramp for removing the electrical conductor system from the conductive rail assembly.

The invention discloses a power supply mode control method and control device for a dual-source locomotive, and the power supply mode control method comprises the steps: controlling the locomotive to enter an automatic power supply mode, and then obtaining a front networking signal and an upper networking signal sent by an automatic driving system of the locomotive in real time; wherein the front network signal is used for describing whether a contact network exists at a first preset distance in front of the running of the locomotive, and the upper network signal is used for describing whether the contact network exists above the current position of the locomotive; if the front network signal is the high-level signal and the upper network signal is the high-level signal, controlling the locomotive to enter an automatic pantograph-catenary mode; if the front network signal is the low-level signal or the upper network signal is the low-level signal, the locomotive is controlled to enter an automatic battery mode. According to the invention, automatic switching between the pantograph-catenary mode and the battery mode is realized, the operation steps of workers are reduced, the probability of machine damage accidents during manual switching of the modes is effectively reduced, and meanwhile, the energy utilization rate is improved.

Disclosed is a linear motor with improved capacitive power transfer from the stator to the shuttle of the motor. The linear motor comprises a capacitive power transfer arrangement with a power transfer capacitor with a power transfer air gap as dielectric in between a primary electrode and a secondary electrode, wherein the motor air gap of the linear motor and the power transfer air gap are parallel and are arranged in transverse direction next to each other.

The invention relates to the technical field of pantographs, in particular to an electrified highway pantograph control and state monitoring method, which comprises the following steps of: acquiring operation data of pantograph contact pressure, voltage, current and vehicle speed based on the real-time operation state of the pantograph, segmenting according to the number of a vehicle driving path, calculating the change trend of the contact pressure, and calculating the state of the pantograph according to the change trend. And obtaining path gradient index data. According to the invention, through segment data acquisition of contact pressure, voltage, current and vehicle speed and track serial number association processing, diversity of monitoring data and track pressure change capture capability are improved, and through cooperative association analysis of pantograph slide plate state, current change and pressure fluctuation, a fault range is effectively reduced, and fault diagnosis accuracy is improved. The method is advantaged in that fault positioning accuracy is enhanced, potential offset areas and unbalance points in the track can be identified, and through distribution characteristic analysis, contact point fluctuation marking precision is optimized.

A charging system includes: a power converter configured to receive power from an external power network to generate charging power for electric buses; power rails electrically connected to the power converter and installed at a predetermined height according to a layout of a garage; a first charging network configured to horizontally move above a floor in the garage along the electric power rails to upper sides of the electric buses to contact the electric buses; a second charging network electrically connected to the power converter and providing a charging zone on a bottom surface of the garage by reflecting the layout to contact the electric buses parked in the charging zone; and a station controller configured to control a charging sequence of the electric buses by analyzing position information of the electric buses and calculating a shortest movement path and a charging order of the first charging network.

A pivoting boom includes a housing pivotally attached to a frame of a mobile machine at a pivot point at a proximal end of the housing and a busbar assembly attached to an interior surface of the housing and configured to electrically connect the mobile machine to the electrically-conducting rail system via a plurality of electrical cables in the busbar assembly. A pivoting boom also includes a hydraulic system configured to extend or retract the pivoting boom about the pivot point and a pneumatic system configured to control the movement of a trailing arm assembly and a contactor assembly.

A three-rail power supply system includes a power supply having positive, negative, and neutral terminals, a rail system having a power supply end and a termination end, and an asymmetric resistor network. The rail system includes a positive rail, a negative rail, and a ground rail coupled to the positive terminal, the negative terminal, and the neutral terminal, respectively. The negative rail is disposed parallel to the positive rail. The ground rail is disposed in parallel to, and between, the positive rail and the negative rail, and is electrically grounded at a plurality of intervals between the power supply end and termination end. The asymmetric resistor network includes two pairs of resistors asymmetrically coupled to the rail system at the power supply end and termination end, and is configured to limit a fault current through a faulty connection in response the positive, negative, and / or ground rails experiencing the faulty connection.

An onboard charging system configured for installation on a rail vehicle is provided, comprising: one or more current collection contacts; a battery, electrically connectable to the one or more current collection contacts; and an onboard charging controller having a wireless communications interface. The onboard charging controller is configured to: establish a secure wireless communication connection with a first trackside charging controller; and responsive to determining that the one or more current collection contacts have been brought into electrical contact with corresponding trackside charging contacts: instruct the first trackside charging controller, via the secure wireless communication connection, to provide a first current via the one or more trackside charging contacts.

The invention discloses a sliding contact line power supply mechanism applied to a vertical walking RGV, and relates to the technical field of sliding contact line power supply mechanisms, the sliding contact line power supply mechanism comprises an equipment main body and a sliding contact line, the equipment main body is provided with a guide mechanism, the sliding contact line is slidably provided with a current collector, the current collector is matched with the guide mechanism, the current collector is provided with a plurality of carbon brushes, and the carbon brushes are matched with the guide mechanism. The current collector is provided with a position adjusting assembly and a voltage adjusting assembly which are used for automatically adjusting the contact pressure between the carbon brush and the sliding contact line in a matched mode. The device has the advantages that the contact pressure between the carbon brush and the sliding contact line can be automatically adaptively and accurately adjusted before equipment operation, and the stability of providing electric energy for follow-up equipment main body movement through cooperation of the carbon brush and the sliding contact line can be improved; the contact pressure between the carbon brush and the sliding contact line can be further automatically adjusted in time, and the stability of electric energy provided for the equipment main body through cooperation of the carbon brush and the sliding contact line can be further ensured.

The present invention refers presents a method of converting a on the shelf battery container to a dual source battery locomotive or a dual source battery tender and a system thereof configured to operate even if there is a malfunction in one of the energy sources.