Route for vehicles and method of building the route

US9067496B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bombardier Transportation GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Robert Czainski · Zielona Góra, PL
• Oliver Vietzke · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60L2200/26
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A route for vehicles driving on a surface of 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 line. Each shaped block comprises recesses forming spaces and/or projections delimiting spaces for receiving at least one of the line sections. The electric line or lines extend(s) through the spaces and extend(s) along the surface of the route in and/or about the travelling direction of vehicles. The shaped blocks and the electric line or lines are supported by a base layer of the route and are covered by a cover layer of the route. The material of the cover layer is also located in regions of the route sideways of the shaped blocks so that the shaped blocks and the cover layer form an integrated layer on top of the base layer.