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Inductively receiving electric energy for a vehicle

US8827058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Bombardier Transportation GmbH · DE

Inventors

Kurt Vollenwyder · Kingston, CA
Jürgen Meins · Baldham, DE
Carsten Struve · Ladenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2009
Grant date	Sep 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/14
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for providing a vehicle, in particular a track bound vehicle, with electric energy, wherein the arrangement comprises a receiving device (200) adapted to receive an alternating electromagnetic field and to produce an alternating electric current by electromagnetic induction. The receiving device (200) comprises a plurality of windings and/or coils (9, 10, 11) of electrically conducting material, wherein each winding or coil (9, 10, 11) is adapted to produce a separate phase of the alternating electric current.

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